He's regarded as one of the best football players of all time, next to Pele and Diego Maradona.
Maradona good.....Pele better.....George Best!!
2006-09-16 09:06:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Best
2006-09-16 09:09:11 · update #1
The Manchester United shirt worn by George Best when he scored six goals against Northampton Town in 1970 sold at auction on Wednesday for 24,000 pounds ($44,970).
Best's performance during the match is widely considered as one of his finest and drew praise from opponents and team-mates alike.
The world record price for a football shirt at auction of 158,000 pounds paid in 2002 for Pele's shirt from the 1970 World Cup final.
Best, whose flamboyant life took him from the heights of sporting success at Manchester United to the depths of alcoholism, died aged 59 in November 2005.
The Northern Irishman, widely regarded as the only British footballer in the same league as Pele, Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff, died in the London hospital where he had spent the final two months of his life, drifting in and out of consciousness.
-http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-best&prov=reuters&type=lgns
2006-09-16 09:48:48 · update #2
RIP George Best. True Legand
2006-09-16 09:49:42 · update #3
the late George Best of NORTHERN IRELAND will forever be remembered & associated with Manchester United coz he's a true legend that never graced the World Cup.
2006-09-16 15:34:52 · answer #1 · answered by foongwk140804 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Granted, he was a great footballer, but he was also very bad example for many. He drank himself to death, messed up his family because he couldn't handle stardom. Do you ever think what the family of the guy who gave him a replacement liver must of him? Some much more deserving person's life could have been saved. Ultimately George Best was a loser.
2006-09-16 09:13:49 · answer #2 · answered by Thou Shalt Not Think 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say that most people never knew who he was -- a shame the England's most celebrated footballer should be virtually unknown here in the States!
2006-09-16 09:14:59 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Best is one of the legends. He will be missed sorely by the football fans.
2006-09-17 09:27:28 · answer #4 · answered by rumman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's quite scary how many people on this think George Best is English!
Anyway, yeah, not the best ever, maybe top 10...
2006-09-16 09:50:15 · answer #5 · answered by mark corr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who?
2006-09-16 09:07:53 · answer #6 · answered by tysonrf2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of him and I love soccer more than you can believe
2006-09-16 09:10:01 · answer #7 · answered by Katie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah. I had no clue who he was until I saw this question.
2006-09-16 09:14:10 · answer #8 · answered by marchgeneration28 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of him....so no, haven't forgotten him.
2006-09-16 09:08:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHOO??
2006-09-17 09:22:54 · answer #10 · answered by marmorsteinundeisenbricht 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋