Cullis, Stanley

▪ 2002

“Stan” 

      British association football (soccer) player and manager (b. Oct. 25, 1915, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, Eng.—d. Feb. 27, 2001, Great Malvern, Hereford and Worcester, Eng.), was an outstanding centre-half with the Wolverhampton Wanderers from 1934 until 1939, when World War II intervened; he also played 12 matches for England (1937–39), as well as a score of wartime internationals. Cullis's greatest success, however, was as Wolves manager (1948–64), guiding the team to three league titles (1954, 1958, and 1959), three second-place finishes (1950, 1955, and 1960), and two FA Cup titles (1949 and 1960).

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