Stan Steele
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stanley Frederick Steele | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Date of death | 15 July 2005 (aged 68) | ||
| Place of death | Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Position(s) | Half-back / Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Foley and Hewitt's | |||
| Port Vale | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1961 | Port Vale | 185 | (66) |
| 1961 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | (0) |
| 1961–1965 | Port Vale | 148 | (22) |
| 1965–1967 | Port Elizabeth City | 43 | (5) |
| 1968 | Port Vale | 2 | (0) |
| 1968 | Port Elizabeth City | 17 | (0) |
| Eastwood | |||
| Armitage | |||
| Total | 396+ | (93+) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| Great Haywood | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stanley Frederick Steele (5 January 1937 – 15 July 2005) was an English footballer. A half-back and inside-forward, he scored 97 goals in 370 league and cup games for Port Vale between 1955 and 1968. His parents named him Stanley Frederick in honour of Stanley Matthews and Freddie Steele.
He was prolific in his first spell at Port Vale between 1955 and 1961 and hit 66 goals in 185 league games, helping the "Valiants" to the Fourth Division title in 1958–59. He was sold to West Bromwich Albion in March 1961 for £10,000 but returned to Port Vale for the same fee four months later. He proved to be less prolific in his second spell at the club and was given a free transfer in April 1965. He spent time in South Africa with Port Elizabeth City before a brief and unsuccessful third spell at Port Vale in January 1968. He later had spells with non-League clubs Eastwood, Armitage, and Great Haywood.