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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Saying goodbye to childhood heroes

As a boy who thought he was a goalkeeper,  Bert Williams together with Sam Bartram ( who apart from playing for my beloved 'Robins', was probably kept from many more England "caps" by the sheer brilliance of Williams),
Arguably England's greatest ever goalkeeper Gordon Banks, described Williams as "my hero"

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25801618

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Williams_(footballer)

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=bert+williams++MBE&qpvt=bert+williams++MBE&FORM=IGRE
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