1953 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1953 in the United Kingdom. This is the year of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the North Sea flood.
A breach at Erith after the North Sea flood
Coronation portrait of Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh, June
Stan Mortensen
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Stanley Harding Mortensen was an English professional footballer, notable for his part in the 1953 FA Cup final, in which he became the only player ever to score a hat-trick in a Wembley FA Cup Final.
1953 in the United Kingdom
…2 May – Blackpool F.C. win the FA Cup final with a 4–3 victory over Bolton Wanderers, who have been 3–1 ahead until the final quarter of the game. Stan Mortensen scores a hat-trick, but the 38-year-old winger Stanley Matthews is instrumental in winning the game for Blackpool, who have never won a major trophy…
Stan Mortensen
Statue outside Bloomfield Road