The Fifty
eBook - ePub

The Fifty

Football's Fifty Most Influential Players

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  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Fifty

Football's Fifty Most Influential Players

About this book

Football's Fifty Most Influential Players tells the story of football through its best and most influential players, from the 19th century to the modern day. Most of the 50 are household names—Pele, Charlton, Maradona, Jimmy Hill, Matthews, Best, Zidane, and Messi—and those who aren't certainly deserve to be. You'll read about football's first black superstar Jose Andrade, a 1930 World Cup winner with Uruguay who died in poverty. There's Lily Parr, a Woodbine-smoking behemoth of the women's game who is more famous now than when she died. Then there's Robbie Rogers, the second male footballer in Britain to come out as gay. Though Rogers wasn't a great player, his story will restore some faith after Justin Fashanu's appalling experiences as a gay footballer in the 1980s. Similarly, Jean-Marc Bosman made an indelible mark, not on the pitch but through the courts, changing the way footballers are treated forever. It's not about the stats, tactics, or managers—this is the players' story, from war heroes and match-fixers to superstars and an African president.

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781785318139
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Preface
  8. 1. Charles Alcock
  9. 2. Nicholas ‘Jack’ Ross
  10. 3. Jorge Brown
  11. 4. Billy Meredith
  12. 5. Vivian Woodward.
  13. 6. Walter Tull
  14. 7. Lily Parr
  15. 8. Dixie Dean
  16. 9. José Andrade.
  17. 10. Stanley Matthews.
  18. 11. Giuseppe Meazza
  19. 12. Tom Finney
  20. 13. Obdulio Varela
  21. 14. Alfredo Di Stéfano
  22. 15. Ferenc PuskĂĄs
  23. 16. Pelé
  24. 17. Lev Yashin
  25. 18. Jimmy Hill
  26. 19. Garrincha
  27. 20. Bobby Charlton
  28. 21. Eusébio
  29. 22. Billy McNeill
  30. 23. George Best
  31. 24. Johan Cruyff
  32. 25. Franz Beckenbauer
  33. 26. Viv Anderson
  34. 27. Kenny Dalglish.
  35. 28. Mario Kempes
  36. 29. Justin Fashanu
  37. 30. Paolo Rossi
  38. 31. Michel Platini
  39. 32. Diego Maradona
  40. 33. Hope Powell
  41. 34. Marco van Basten
  42. 35. Paul Gascoigne
  43. 36. Brandi Chastain
  44. 37. Eric Cantona.
  45. 38. Jean-Marc Bosman
  46. 39. George Weah
  47. 40. Cafu
  48. 41. Zinedine Zidane
  49. 42. Ronaldo
  50. 43. David Beckham
  51. 44. Cristiano Ronaldo
  52. 45. Xavi HernĂĄndez
  53. 46. Lionel Messi
  54. 47. Mesut Özil
  55. 48. N’Golo KantĂ©
  56. 49. Megan Rapinoe
  57. 50. Raheem Sterling
  58. Bibliography
  59. Photos