
England
1934-1957
54 Caps
11 Goals
(wikipedia) "... (1 February 1915 — February 23, 2000) ... Often regarded as one of the greats of the English game, he was the first footballer to be knighted, as well as the first European Footballer of the Year and the first Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year. Gaining the nicknames The Wizard of the Dribble and The Magician, he retains his reputation as one of the finest dribblers of the ball in the history of association football. A teetotaller and vegetarian, he kept fit enough to play at the top level until he was 50 years old, the oldest player ever to play in England's top football division, and did not play his final competitive game until 1970"
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