Stanley B "Stan" Willemsewas an English
footballer who played as a
left-back in
the Football League for
Brighton and Hove Albion,
Chelsea and Leyton Orient died he was , 86..
(23 August 1924 – 5 August 2011)
Born in
Brighton,
[2] Willemse served in the
Royal Marines during the
Second World War,
[4] and began his football career with
Brighton & Hove Albion before signing for
Londoners Chelsea in 1949 for £6,000, a sum which helped fund rebuilding work at Brighton's
Goldstone Ground.
[5] He earned a reputation as a hard-tackling defender whilst with the club, and formed the backbone of the team which won the
League Championship in
1954–55, alongside the likes of
Roy Bentley,
Ken Armstrong,
Eric Parsons and
Derek Saunders, playing 39 games that season.
Willemse also featured in the representative
London XI side which reached the final of the
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
[citation needed] He only remained at Chelsea for one more season after that, and signed for
Leyton Orient in 1956.
When Chelsea won the title again in the
2004–05 season, Willemse and fellow 1955 title-winner Roy Bentley carried out the trophy at
Stamford Bridge for it to be presented to captain
John Terry.
[6] As of 2005, he was living in Brighton.
[4]
On August 5, 2011 he died at the age of 86.
[7]
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