He made a lot of yards with ball in hand, he's a clever footballer.
Compton is taller without the powerful build of Denis, an Arsenal and England footballer.
As a footballer, Mr Tull joined Tottenham Hotspur in 1909, becoming the first black professional outfield footballer.
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The FA is investigating an anti-gay comment posted on the Twitter page of a Crawley Town footballer.
Other sculptures in the 2009 trail included The Fencer, Hercules, The Skateboarder, Ballroom Dancing and The Footballer.
Despite his high profile, very little is known about Giggs the person, as opposed to Giggs the footballer.
Second, his phenomenal success in Italy was a surprise given his previous background as a workmanlike Danish club footballer.
But there are limits to how far data can take you, particularly with the often distracted or influenced mind of a footballer.
But Gerrard could be at left-back and still be one of the best players in the team because he is a fantastic footballer.
Certainly McLeish's measured style is more in keeping with a man who trained as an accountant before he made it as a footballer.
Born in Liverpool in February 1940, James Joseph Tarbuck was a schoolmate of John Lennon and had initially hoped to be a professional footballer.
You can never know for certain in these situations, but Sullivan's staredown of Trotta may have been his last action ever as a professional footballer.
Ms Sides, who runs a dance academy in Rhostyllen, described how Savage had a lesson with her about 20 years ago as a teenage footballer.
But he said he was a giant of a man and a "great working class man" who would have been a miner if not a footballer.
The fourth child in a family of nine, he took up the javelin at secondary school when he realized he wasn't going to be a successful footballer.
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We have lost a unique man and a unique footballer.
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It is expected that Beckham will relocate to join his family in London, however, there is still no word as to what the future holds for the soon-to-be former footballer.
When it is obvious that all you want to do as a kid is play football, these interruptions are as curious as they are eccentric, but my outlook on life really began to change out of all recognition when I became a footballer.
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He was one of several celebrities from the world of sport and entertainment who were elected to Congress, including former footballer Romario.
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But despite last week admitting Balotelli was so frustrating he would punch him if they were teammates, Mancini refused to condemn the footballer outright.
He recalls Romario's distress at picking up an injury before the 1998 World Cup - a tournament "which could have been his definitive statement as a footballer".
She was previously married to cameraman John Turnbull, and had a romance with footballer Stan Collymore.
He was presented with the award by personal friend and former Hull City footballer Ken Wagstaff.
Footballing greats have turned out to mourn former Liverpool and Everton footballer Gary Ablett.
Among those donating to the appeal was Aston Villa and England footballer Darren Bent.
Adams' unshakeable self-belief and single-mindedness helped him achieve much to be admired as both a footballer and man.
North Wales Police have charged two people in connection with the naming on Twitter of a woman who was raped by Wales footballer Ched Evans.
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