Stanley Finlay Thomas "Stan" Clements, (born Portsmouth

Portsmouth

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 25 June 1923) is a retired footballer who played most of his professional career for Southampton

Southampton F.C.

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He was formerly a mechanical engineer in Portsmouth's naval dockyards, and joined Southampton from Gosport Borough

Gosport Borough F.C.

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 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

Eric Webber

Eric Victor Webber was an English footballer, playing as a centre-half, and manager.-Early days:Although he was born at Shoreham in West Sussex, Webber's family moved into Hampshire when he was a child and he played for Fareham Senior School, before joining Fareham Town and then Gosport Borough...

 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

Len Wilkins

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 and Henry Horton

Henry Horton (sportsman)

Henry Horton was an English sportsman who played cricket for Hampshire in the 1950s and 1960s, having previously played a handful of times for Worcestershire in the 1940s...

 and had a spell as team captain in 1952-53.

He scored once in 116 league games before becoming player-coach at Basingstoke Town

Basingstoke Town F.C.

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 in February 1955.

After leaving football, he qualified as a civil engineer and worked in Kenya

Kenya

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, Uganda

Uganda

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 and Sudan

Sudan

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, before briefly helping to coach the Kenyan national team

Kenya national football team

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He returned to the UK in the mid-1980s and now lives in Gosport

Gosport

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