In inaugural Ballon d'Or winner Sir Stanley Matthews’ pioneering pomp, the Wizard of the Dribble’s speed wowed as much as his supernatural footwork.
During the 1930s and 1940s, as many as 10,000 extra fans would squeeze through turnstiles whenever the legendary winger was in town, desperate to see the sinuous genius shimmy past defenders. The secret to this incredible lightness of being?
