George Best Quotes


I noticed that when I touched the ball on the field, you could hear this shrill noise in the crowd with all the birds screaming like at a Beatles concert.


Citations

Best, George. Blessed: The Autobiography. Ebury Press, 2001.

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George Best
George Best
  • Born: May 22, 1946
  • Died: November 25, 2005
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Athlete

George Best was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United. A highly skillful dribbler, Best is regarded as one of the best players in the history of the sport. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968 and came sixth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. Best received plaudits for his playing style, which combined pace, skill, balance, feints, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to get past defenders.