GEORGE BEST

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George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer, best known for his time as a winger at Manchester United and for winning the Ballon d'Or in 1968. He is widely regarded as one of the most gifted dribblers and players of his generation. His career and life were affected by struggles with alcohol.

Publicly verifiable: born in Belfast; breakthrough and stardom with Manchester United in the 1960s; Ballon d'Or winner (1968); widely regarded as a football genius; struggled with alcoholism and its consequences; died in 2005. From the review: the autobiography details his drinking cycles, training despite addiction, humble Belfast childhood, family pride, and tensions with tabloids.

A reflective reading of George Best's autobiography emphasizing his brilliance on the pitch and the destructive cycle of alcohol and fame. The reviewer frames Best as a complex, sincere person from a humble Belfast background. The book mixes on-field genius with off-field decline and personal pain.

For:Fans of football history, readers of sports biographies, and those interested in fame and addiction narratives.

 Of the Footballer, I won’t even speak; if you love geniuses, take one of his DVDs and watch the goals he scored... because, in the end, there was no greater emotion for George than leaving the tunnel that led from the locker rooms to the field and entering Old Trafford.

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