Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted November 13, 2019 Subscriber Posted November 13, 2019 A record-breaking goalscorer for club and country, an innovative coach who worked on three continents, a theatre co-star of Charlie Chaplin and an escapee from Germany during World War One. Fred Spiksley may well be the most interesting footballer you've never heard of. A football superstar before the sport was familiar with the notion, the winger practised the beautiful game on the pitch and promoted its message off it. He was also a flawed character - a compulsive gambler and womaniser who aspired to ride horses as a child but settled for betting away his money on them as an adult. Born in Gainsborough in Lincolnshire in 1870, the boilermaker's son would travel to Europe, to the United States, Peru and Mexico during his career. But before all that, there was Sheffield and putting a club named Wednesday on the football map. FULL STORY
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