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18 Feb 10 - 03:33 PM (#2843436) Subject: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: MGM·Lion Apart from me, that is ~ I was a goalkeeper in my soccer-playing days. So, did you know, was that fine follksinger Noel Murphy?, who I believe played for Ireland schoolboys. He & I kept oppo goals in a scratch kickabout at the Norwich Folk Festival once. So I collect goalkepers ~ Che Guevara, Arthur Conan Doyle, A H Clough {poet of Say Not The Struggle...), Pope John-Paul II, Roy Hattersley, Albert Camus, all Three Tenors (Jose Carreras signed amateur forms for Barcelona), Vladimir ['Lolita'] Nabokov, Boris Becker {who was offered professional training but opted for tennis after much thought}, 30s World Heavyweight Champion boxer Max Schmelling, Yevtushenko, Iglesias, David Mellor ~~~ and A E Housman's A Shropshire Lad ~ poem 17 begins "Twice a week the winter thorough, Here stood I to keep the goal". Anyone got any more for me? |
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18 Feb 10 - 03:38 PM (#2843445) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Dave MacKenzie "Edmund MacKenzie of Plockton" (no relation). I remember him in goal for Plockton when they visited Portree. |
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18 Feb 10 - 03:51 PM (#2843459) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: SINSULL I keep seeing "goatkeepers". The only one I can think of is the Lonely Goatherd from the Sound Of Music. |
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18 Feb 10 - 04:07 PM (#2843481) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Rasener Pavorotti gave up the dream of becoming a pro goalkeeper for 7 years of vocal training. What a stupid boy :-) |
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18 Feb 10 - 06:10 PM (#2843636) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Folkiedave Carreras was clearly a man of sense. |
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18 Feb 10 - 07:37 PM (#2843723) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Rapparee St. Peter is a famous goalkeeper.... |
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18 Feb 10 - 08:24 PM (#2843753) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: TheSnail Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr, goal keeper and his brother Harald a mathematician who played in the Danish Olympic team. |
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19 Feb 10 - 06:13 AM (#2843989) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: G-Force David Icke. |
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19 Feb 10 - 06:21 AM (#2843999) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: MikeL2 Hi He had help from on high....lol cheers MikeL2 |
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19 Feb 10 - 06:31 AM (#2844003) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: GUEST,Steamin' Willie Alan Shearer, Vinny Jones, David Hirst. Ok, they are famous outfielders, but all were good enough to slip the jersey on when needed. (Vinny did so for Wimbledon against Sheff Wed and let two goals in.) Err, this isn't what you were looking for, is it? Ron Wood fancied himself as a goalie in his formative years, if that helps..... |
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19 Feb 10 - 07:01 AM (#2844023) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Backwoodsman Julio Iglesias. (Well, he's famous to some people, but not for me). |
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19 Feb 10 - 07:07 AM (#2844027) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: MGM·Lion BWM ~ I know ~ you will find him in my OP list. But thanx just the same. |
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19 Feb 10 - 08:00 AM (#2844051) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Backwoodsman D'oh!! Note to self - "Must learn to read lists in full"! |
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19 Feb 10 - 09:15 AM (#2844108) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Acorn4 That famous Benny Hill creation - Hugh Jarse! |
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19 Feb 10 - 10:18 AM (#2844147) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Tug the Cox Why has everyone forgotten Sylvester Stallone!! |
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19 Feb 10 - 10:23 AM (#2844156) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: MikeL2 hi What about David Bradley. Who is he I hear you ask. Well David was the boy who had the kestrel in that great film Kes. There is a great scene when the teacher forces him to play football against his wishes. Very funny.....might have got in goal for Arsenal though. cheers mike |
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19 Feb 10 - 11:26 AM (#2844207) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Rapparee My last name translates from the Dutch as "Goalie." |
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19 Feb 10 - 12:33 PM (#2844267) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Edthefolkie My cousin Peter! N*ttingh*m F*r*st. NOT Peter Shilton incidentally. |
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19 Feb 10 - 06:22 PM (#2844572) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Tug the Cox The Teacher was Brian Glover, sometime teacher ( though not P.E.) professional wrestler and TV personality. Hilarious sequence in the film. When, later, I taught games in a large boys school, the school team players for Rugby, Hockey and Football formed squads...the remainder were consigned to 'Kes' football. |
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20 Feb 10 - 05:58 AM (#2844855) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: MikeL2 Hi tug Yes you are right about Brian Glover. He was a great character. He did some serious acting too. Can't think offhand what plays he did but I fancy one at least was a TV adaptation of a Dickens work. Kes is one of my all-time favourite films. And David Bradley who played Billy is still often seen in many TV dramas. Cheers MikeL2 |
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20 Feb 10 - 06:37 AM (#2844870) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: The Sandman Dick Miles,he wasnt a very good goal keeper,but he spent sometime in the sticks,and between the sticks. he once played against the wilson family,and nearly kept a clean sheet. |
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20 Feb 10 - 08:42 AM (#2844928) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: MGM·Lion Welcome to the fraternity, Dick. Didn't I always say what a good egg you were! |
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20 Feb 10 - 11:03 AM (#2845045) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Bob the Postman Drifting only slightly, Canadian lawyer, author, and politician Ken Dryden has blocked a few shots in his day. |
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20 Feb 10 - 12:34 PM (#2845128) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Neil D Hakeem Olajuwon |
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21 Feb 10 - 11:35 AM (#2845832) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: MGM·Lion So, now - to sum up: — Pontiffs (the last Pope) to leading terrorists & revolutionaries (Che) ~~~ Is there anything, I wonder, that makes people goalkeepers? Or is it just a sort of rub·of·the·green[jersey] thing that happens to some ~ like me, & the creator of Sherlock Holmes, & all three of the world's leading tenors? Or brilliant novelists who add words like 'nymphet' to the language [Nabokov]; or Existential philosophical novelists {Camus}? & would our lives have been different if we had been strikers; or full-backs ~ or even never made it into the 1st XI at all? Who knows? Goalkeepers, unite!!!! |
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22 Feb 10 - 07:19 AM (#2846500) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: Long Firm Freddie Goalkeepers definitely are different. I'm a paid up member of the Goalkeepers Union (Retired). All sorts of interesting stuff here: Goalies LFF |
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23 Feb 10 - 02:39 AM (#2847333) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: MGM·Lion Yes, LFF: It is generally admitted we are different ~ there is a well-known collection of shoret stories called Goalkeepers Are Crazy (1964) by the distinguished novelist & sports journalist Brian Glanville. But wherein precisely lies the difference, or the 'craziness', would you [or any other interested Catter] like to say? |
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23 Feb 10 - 11:30 AM (#2847715) Subject: RE: BS: Famous men who have been goalkeepers From: RoyH (Burl) Hello Edthefolkie. Was your cousin Peter Wells? He was a good goalie for Forest (my team) but unlucky to be there at the same time as Peter Shilton. I believe he went to Southampton eventually. Burl |
