Stan Clements
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| Stan Clements | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stanley Finlay Thomas Clements | |
| Date of birth | 25 June 1923 | |
| Place of birth | Portsmouth, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 ins | |
| Playing position | Centre back | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1944-1955 | Southampton | 116 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Stanley (Stan) Clements, born Portsmouth 25 June 1923 is a retired footballer who played most of his professional career for Southampton F.C.
He was formerly a mechanical engineer in Portsmouth's naval dockyards, and joined Southampton from Gosport Borough in July 1944.
He made his league debut on 24 May 1947 in the 2-0 home victory over Fulham. He was a strong, powerful centre-half and replaced Eric Webber for 13 games in the following season when Webber was rested. Once Webber regained his place in the team, Clements made no further first-team appearances until February 1951. For the following few seasons he alternated at centre-back with Len Wilkins and Henry Horton and had a spell as team captain in 1952-53.
He scored once in 116 league games before becoming player-coach at Basingstoke Town in February 1955.
After leaving football, he qualified as a civil engineer and worked in Kenya, Uganda and Sudan, before briefly helping to coach the Kenyan national team.
He returned to the UK in the mid-1980s and now lives in Gosport.
