10 Facts About Stan Montgomery

Stanley William Montgomery was an English professional footballer and first-class cricketer.

Stan Montgomery was the son-in-law of 1927 FA Cup winner Jimmy Nelson, who played over 200 times for Cardiff City.

Stan Montgomery made a goalscoring debut for Cardiff against Grimsby Town in January 1949 and played the remaining seventeen matches of the season.

Stan Montgomery eventually left the club in 1955 and returned to non-league football with Worcester City before finishing is career in Wales with spells at Newport County, Llanelli and Ton Pentre.

Swindin tok over at Cardiff five months later and Stan Montgomery followed him to Ninian Park, again to work as first team coach for the next two years.

Stan Montgomery subsequently worked as Sports Adviser to the Boys Clubs of Wales, and helped Bristol Rovers as a scout in the South Wales area, later having a spell as Rovers' Youth team coach.

Stan Montgomery later returned to Ninian Park on the request of manager Alan Durban to take charge of the clubs trialists.

Stan Montgomery was a first-class cricketer with Glamorgan from 1949 to 1953.

Stan Montgomery joined Glamorgan from Barry Athletic Club and made his first-class debut against Derbyshire at the Arms Park in 1949.

Stan Montgomery made his highest first-class score of 117, his maiden century, against Hampshire later that season, sharing a fifth-wicket stand of 264 with Maurice Robinson.