George Best(1946-2005)
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George Best is a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United F.C..
Named European Footballer of the Year in 1968, he is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. A highly skillful winger, considered by several pundits to be one of the greatest dribblers in the history of the sport, George Best received plaudits for his playing style, which combined pace, skill, balance, feints, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to get past defenders.
In international football, George Best was capped 37 times for Northern Ireland National Football Team between 1964 and 1977, scoring nine goals. He is regarded as one of the greatest players never to have played at a World Cup.
Named European Footballer of the Year in 1968, he is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. A highly skillful winger, considered by several pundits to be one of the greatest dribblers in the history of the sport, George Best received plaudits for his playing style, which combined pace, skill, balance, feints, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to get past defenders.
In international football, George Best was capped 37 times for Northern Ireland National Football Team between 1964 and 1977, scoring nine goals. He is regarded as one of the greatest players never to have played at a World Cup.
