Stan Tait

Stan Tait

Birthday 4 June 1904

Date of Passing 27 July 1984 (80)

Height 175cm

Born in Newcastle, ENG

Grew up in Nanaimo, BC

Nationality CAN

Stan Tait

  • Soccer Province BC
  • Legacy # MNT-0036

Stats Summary

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  • Minutes Played 360
  • Red Cards 0
  • Yellow Cards 0
Clean Sheets 4
Goals Against 0
Appearances 4
Starts 4

Bio

Stanley Livingstone Tait... he was six years old when his family moved to Nanaimo, BC... he was 80 years old when he passed away in Mission, BC on 27 July 1984...

as described in 1927 after a match in New Zealand, “quiet, nonchalant manner... anticipation excellent... lithely built and active, he covers a great deal of ground with comparitively little effort”... as noted in 1927 in the Toronto Telegram, Tait was “reckoned one of the best custodians in Canada”... wrote Dave Turner of Tait in 1927, he “was the most-liked and most-talked about Canadian in New Zealand”...

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