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Mel Charles 1935 - 2016
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Mel Charles 1935 - 2016
RIP, shouldn't be a nil thread.
Would perhaps have been better regarded but for injuries and if his brother wasn't a true great, but he seemed happy enough and indeed called his autobiography In the Shadow of Giant.
He was more Brian Laudrup than Joel Cantona.
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Mel Charles 1935 - 2016
While at Arsenal, Mel somehow confused cataracts with clitorises, and told the Match of the Day interviewer he was OK playing under the new fangled flodlights - "I'm OK, it's just these clitorises in my eyes".
The Charles brothers were much loved for their footballing skill and friendly, placid personalities, but were not renowned for their intellect.
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