SOCCER PLAYER

Denis Law

1940 - 2025

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Denis Law (24 February 1940 – 17 January 2025) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. His career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, he was signed by Manchester City for an estimated transfer fee of £55,000, which set a new British record. Law spent one year there before Torino bought him for £110,000, this time setting a new record fee for a transfer involving a British player. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Denis Law is the 181st most popular soccer player (down from 96th in 2019), the 833rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 471st in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Soccer Player.

Denis Law is most famous for scoring Manchester United's winning goal in the 1968 European Cup final.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Denis Law ranks 181 out of 21,273. Before him are Telmo Zarra, Arie Haan, Didier Drogba, Takashi Takabayashi, Luis Monti, and Teiichi Matsumaru. After him are Thierry Henry, Gérson, Hiroto Muraoka, Zizinho, René Higuita, and Laurent Blanc.

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Among people born in 1940, Denis Law ranks 79. Before him are James Cromwell, Tarō Asō, Herbie Hancock, Cliff Richard, Thomas Harris, and Jacques Rancière. After him are Burt Young, Joachim Frank, Isdal Woman, Lance Henriksen, Shahnaz Pahlavi, and Shozo Tsugitani. Among people deceased in 2025, Denis Law ranks 43. Before him are Myint Swe, Geneviève Page, Frank Caprio, Kunishige Kamamoto, Roberta Flack, and Robert Benton. After him are Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Peter Lax, Violeta Chamorro, Jochen Mass, and Costas Simitis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Denis Law ranks 833 out of 8,785. Before him are Asma al-Assad (1975), Alice Liddell (1852), Nicko McBrain (1952), Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), Louis Wain (1860), and Ian McEwan (1948). After him are Oliver Heaviside (1850), Chris Norman (1950), Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850), Mary Quant (1930), Brian Cox (1946), and James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Denis Law ranks 13. Before him are Stanley Matthews (1915), George Graham (1944), Gordon Banks (1937), Tony Adams (1966), Colin Bell (1946), and Andy Cole (1971). After him are Bobby Robson (1933), Graham Taylor (1944), Kenny Dalglish (1951), Kevin Keegan (1951), David James (1970), and Harry Kane (1993).

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