The one and only George Best - Remembered by football fans from all over.
"Pele, Good.
Maradona, Better.
George, Best."
George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was football player from Belfast, Northern Ireland, regarded in the worlds top 3 greatest ever alongside Maradona and Pele.
He is remembered for his halcyon days with Manchester United. He was a Northern Ireland squad regular, but, regrettably, was never able to display his unique talent on the world stage because of his national team's lack of success during the peak of his career. Best had a rare combination of pace, blistering acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring prowess and the ineffable ability to run through entire defences.
He played for United as a winger between 1963 and 1974, helping them to win the Football League Championship in 1965 and 1967, and the European Cup in 1968. He was named European Footballer of the Year and Football Writers' Association Player of the Year in 1968. In speaking to Man Utd TV after Best's death in late 2005, Sir Bobby Charlton described Best's impact on the 1960s as "sensational". At one point Pelé described Best as "the greatest footballer in the world".[1] In his native Northern Ireland he is usually considered the finest player to ever take the field, summed up by the local saying: "Pelé good;Maradona better; George Best."[2]