Denis Law

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Denis Law (born February 24 1940, in Aberdeen, Scotland) is a retired Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s.

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February 24 - 1940 - Aberdeen - Scotland - Football - Striker - 1950s - 1970s

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Law's career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, Manchester City signed him for a transfer fee of £55,000, setting a new British record.{{ref|55k}} Law spent one year there before Torino bought him for £110,000, this time setting a new record fee for a transfer between an English and an Italian club.{{ref|110k}} Although he played well in Italy, he found it difficult to settle there and signed for Manchester United in 1962, setting another British record transfer fee of £115,000.{{ref|2004val}}

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Huddersfield Town - 1956 - Manchester City - Torino - Manchester United - 1962

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Law is best known for the eleven years that he spent at United, where he scored 236 goals in 409 appearances and was nicknamed The King{{ref|theking}} and The Lawman by supporters. He won the prestigious European Footballer of the Year award in 1964, and helped his club win the First Division in 1965 and 1967. Law left Manchester United in 1973 and returned to Manchester City for a season, then represented Scotland in the {{wc|1974}}. Law played for Scotland a total of 55 times and still holds their joint record for goal scorer with a total of 30 goals scored.{{ref|jointrec}}

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European Footballer of the Year - 1964 - First Division - 1965 - 1967 - 1973

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