United players famous for other things

[Darren]

For a bit of a laugh, can we put together an XI of United players famous in other walks of life. I'll give you 4 to start:

1. James (Jim) Brown: Godfather of soul and decent 70's goalie
2. John Pemberton, inventor of Coca Cola and quick full back.
3. Bernard Shaw: long lived Irish playwright and socialist and 60's left back.
4. Mark Todd - diminutive midfielder and New Zealand equestrian star
5. Shaun Murphy: no nonsense defender and pudgy ex world snooker champion
6.
7. Paul Smith: poncy fashion designer and 80's reserve winger
8. Mick Jones. 70/80's Clash guitarist and 60's CF and the first in the long list of Leeds departees
9. Duggie Brown: crap comedian and crap 70's/80/s striker
10.Andy Gray: penalty taker supreme, and mysoginistic TV presenter
11.

 

[Robbie]

8. Vinnie Jones, film 'star'

 

[Grecian2000]

Don't think you've quite got the idea Robbie.

8. Mick Jones. 70/80's Clash guitarist and 60's CF and the first in the long list of Leeds departees.

 

[Robbie]

Don't think you've quite got the idea Robbie.

8. Mick Jones. 70/80's Clash guitarist and 60's CF and the first in the long list of Leeds departees.

HAHAHAHAHA

I'm such a mongaloid

 

[Selly]

5. Robert Page - creator of the Lovers Guide and folically challenged Centre half

 

[Oreyt]

HAHAHAHAHA

I'm such a mongaloid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2tZqXWa7no

 

[Darren]

5. Robert Page - creator of the Lovers Guide and folically challenged Centre half

As dictator of this thread, I am saying that Page is not that famous and we will wait to see if anyone better turns up for the CB spot. Mick Jones goes in though.

 

[bricktop]

8, Leon Britton. Crap Midfielder for us, and shit 80's politican

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Make than number 4

 

[frechyblade]

How about Steve Thompson as manager. A strange choice for manager and England International rugby union hooker.

UTB

 

[JohnDenver]

A dodgy one given the close connection but.... Andy Gray for the No 10 spot.

Our penalty taker supreme, and also a mysoginistic TV presenter.

 

[Darren]

8, Leon Britton. Crap Midfielder for us, and shit 80's politican

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Make than number 4

Only problem is the politician was Leon Brittan.

You are probably too young for this, but Spitting Image did a "Translation Guide to the Westland Affair" over which Brittan resigned as a "Man of Honour" . SI translated "Man of Honour" as "Spotty Liar Who Got Caught".

 

[Bath Blade]

Shaun Murphy, former world snooker champion.

 

[Darren]

How about Steve Thompson as manager. A strange choice for manager and England International rugby union hooker.

UTB

ST was also a player, so could fill in at CB, but I am decreeing him not famous enough just yet.

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Shaun Murphy, former world snooker champion.

we'll have him

 

[Patrick Suffaux]

5. Shaun Murphy - World Snooker Champion 2005 and Blades defender 1999-2003

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Shaun Murphy, former world snooker champion.

You bugger.....

 

[raul]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2tZqXWa7no

****wishes he hadn't been busy at 3.51pm****

Andy Gray - Tv pundit and sexist.

 

[JohnDenver]

Cheating on the internet, but.... Alan Young. The voice of Scrooge McDuck, and someone who played for us. (apparently)

Sorry.

 

[Guesty]

Don't think you've quite got the idea Robbie.

8. Mick Jones. 70/80's Clash guitarist and 60's CF and the first in the long list of Leeds departees.

He had a stint in Foreigner, too.

 

[Darren]

Cheating on the internet, but.... Alan Young. The voice of Scrooge McDuck, and someone who played for us. (apparently)

Sorry.

Not famous enough and we have enough strikers already (though I accept Young can only be loosely so described)

 

[Bath Blade]

It'll probably get kicked out on the spelling but how about John Reid/Reed, Labour politician and United midfielder (youth came through under Bassett I think).

 

[metty]

Frank Barlow one time wing half and father of Ken in Corrie

 

[Gabsblade]

George Cole played 1 game for us in 1937.....and his namesake was brilliant as "Arfur Daley" in Minder.
William (Bill) Sykes also only made one appearance in 1919...and his namesake was in Oliver Twist, although fictional.

 

[Darren]

George Cole played 1 game for us in 1937.....and his namesake was brilliant as "Arfur Daley" in Minder.
William (Bill) Sykes also only made one appearance in 1919...and his namesake was in Oliver Twist, although fictional.

Cole sounds a good one. What position was he?

 

[FleaPitBlade]

James/Jamie Ward - vertically challenged winger and British No. 2 tennis player.

 

[broomhillblade]

Don't think you've quite got the idea Robbie.

8. Mick Jones. 70/80's Clash guitarist and 60's CF and the first in the long list of Leeds departees.

Hardly the first to go to Leeds...

Harold Brook (one half of Hagan & Brook, Sports Outfitters).

Sold to Leeds for a pittance in 1954 with a dodgy knee. To quote Denis Clarebrough:

"The medical opinion in Sheffield was that his football career was over but a specialist called in by Leeds United thought he might last six months. In fact his knee never gave him any trouble whatsoever and he scored 47FL and Cup goals for his new club in 103 games."

 

[Darren]

James/Jamie Ward - vertically challenged winger and British No. 2 tennis player.

Not that famous and we already have someone on right midfield

 

[FleaPitBlade]

William Foulke - Fat Goalkeeper and paleantologist who discovered the first full dinosaur skeleton in North America.

 

[davidpinder]

Andy walker also apparently a famous american basketball player as well.

 

[BusheyBlade]

Do we need another central midfielder?

Gary Speed, one time Blades player and current Wales manager, Sky football pundit and part time Captain on a Question of Sport.

Never the same person surely???

 

[Darren]

Can I set down some ground rules.

You can't just google a random United player's name and see who else you come up with. It has to be someone the average bloke in the (British) street will have heard of. So American basketball players and paleontologist don't cut the mustard I am afraid.

 

[Bergen Blade]

2 John Pemberton, inventor of Coca Cola and quick full back.