Stan Cullis  (25 October 1916 -28 Febuary 2001) English footballer and manager remembered for his close association with Wolves.  He played centre-half for Wolves and captained England before the Second World War.  Cullis is, however, best known as a manager of Wolves when they a major force in English football for more than a decade. Cullis was appointed manager in 1948. He would prove a highly motivated and successful one, though his tactics did not endear him and his team to everyone.  The essence of the tatics was that the ball should be propelled into the danger zones as quickly as possible, ideally with long passesto two great wingers, Johnny Hancocks and Jimmy Mullen..So the premium was on pace and power, rather than ball-play and an elaborate build-up.Confident, determined and unsparing in his criticism of his players, his reign saw Wolves win the FA Cup in 1949 and the League Championship in 1953, 1958 and 1959; a second FA Cup followed in 1960. Cullis nurtured and developed many great players including Billy Wright, Bill Slater, Peter Broadbent, Eddie Clamp and Ron Flowers. The 1960s saw Wolves begin to struggle as Cullis struggled to replace an ageing group of players.  By September 1964 they were near the bottom of the league and Cullis was sacked.  The first he knew of his dismissal was when he received a note asking him for his keys to the ground. He was later offered the Juventus job but swore he would never work in football again. After a short spell working as a sales representative, he did return to the game as manager of Birmingham City in December 1965, but could not reproduce the success he had enjoyed at Wolves. In his 1976 autobiography, Bill Shankly paid high tribute to Cullis, saying: "While Stan was volatile and outrageous in what he said, he never swore. And he could be as soft as mash. He would give you his last penny. Stan was 100 per cent Wolverhampton. His blood must have been of old gold. He would have died for Wolverhampton. Above all, Stan is a very clever man who could have been successful at anything. When he left Wolverhampton, I think his heart was broken and he thought the whole world had come down on top of him. All round, as a player, as a manager, and for general intelligence, it would be difficult to name anyone since the game began who could qualify to be in the same class as Stan Cullis."  A statue of him stands outside Molineux Stadium.