Manchester United footballer known as The King of Old Trafford and one of Scotland’s most outstanding players
The footballer Denis Law, who has died aged 84, was a Manchester United legend and one of the finest attackers of his, or any other, era. With United in the 1960s he won a European Cup, two First Division titles and an FA Cup, while for his country, Scotland, he racked up 55 caps, scoring 30 goals.
Law had the great player’s ability to do something sudden and unexpected. His ball control was immaculate, his reading of the game exemplary, his passing precise, and his bicycle kicks revealed him as an acrobat. Also possessed of a fiery disposition, he was prepared to give and take hard knocks as the price of his fearless demeanour.
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