Olathe resident Stan Cummins is a professional English soccer legend, at least among Sunderland AFC fans of a certain age.

The greatest thing for me is, when we go back to England we go back about every year and the fans still know him, his wife, Robin Cummins, said. We go to the Sunderland game, and they'll come up and ask for his autograph. He's so gracious with everyone.

Stan Cummins played soccer professionally for 14 seasons, including 10 in his native England, but he ended his career with the Kansas City Comets in 1988-89 and decided to stick around.

I liked it ... pretty much a bit like England in a way, Stan said.

Hes made his home in Kansas City for most of the last 40 years, raising two sons and a daughter.

I got the chance to coach youth soccer as I was coming to an end wit

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