Hartio Stratton "Raich" Carter (21 December 1913 – 9 October 1994) is considered by many to be the finest inside-forward of the 1930s and 1940s earning him the nickname ‘The Maestro’.  Turned down by Leicester City for being too small he signed for his local club Sunderland where he quickly established himself as a star player.  Carter captained Sunderland when they won the championship in 1936 and the FA.Cup in 1937. Instantly recognisable for his premature grey hair, he was a crowd pleaser with his dribbling ability During his peak years and beyond he cut an imperious figure, radiating self-confidence as he strutted around the pitch. Having scored 213 goals in 451 appearances for Sunderland, he signed for Derby County after the Second World War winning another FA Cup Winners medal. Carter, not a man renowned for false modesty, remarked later: 'Sunderland were silly to sell me and Derby were lucky to get me.'   He went on to play for Hull, between 1948 and 1952, for whom he was player-manager winning the Division Three North title. Such was his drawing power that signs announcing ‘Raich will play today’ were promently displayed outside the ground.  Carter was also capped 13 times for England as an inside forward forming a brilliant partnership with Stanley Matthews. He retired for a short time before moving to Ireland where he managed Cork Athletic then returned to England in 1953 to manage Leeds United where he built a side around legendary player John Charles and took the club to promotion in 1952.  After a successful period as manager of Mansfield Town, he finished his managerial career at Middlesbrough, before retiring in 1966.  Stanley Matthews once said: "I felt [he] was the ideal partner for me... Carter was a supreme entertainer who dodged, dribbled, twisted and turned, sending bewildered left-halves madly along false trails. Inside the penalty box with the ball at his feet and two or three defenders snapping at his ankles, he'd find the space to get a shot in at goal... Bewilderingly clever, constructive, lethal in front of goal, yet unselfish. Time and again he'd play the ball out wide to me and with such service I was in my element."