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George Best

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George Best

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Also known as Georgie Best

Northern Irish footballer (1946–2005)

OverviewAI-generated

George Best (1946–2005) was a footballer whose professional career spanned from 1963 to 1984. He played in two matches and recorded zero goals during his time in the sport. Best was recognized within the Ballon Dor collection. His physical measurements were listed as a height of 175 and a mass of 65.

Beyond athletics, Best is associated with various written works. Open Library lists him as an author of 25 works, including *The Best of Times* and *Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India by the North-West*. Crossref records five works under his name. He is also linked to music, with Last.fm listing similar artists such as Biggie & Diddy & Nelly & Jagged Edge and Friday Hill.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
25

Top works

  • Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India by the North-West
  • The Best of Times
  • Good, the Bad and the Bubbly
  • Preparing for the Ap Calculus Examination-Bc
  • The Best of Times

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Other
Gender
Not applicable
Origin
[Worldwide]
fixme or cleanupspecial purposespecial purpose artistunknown

Discography

DiscogsStream

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
145
Total plays
453

Similar artists

Biggie & Diddy & Nelly & Jagged EdgeFriday Hill

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/George+Best">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · George Best

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A short history of<i>SHELX</i>

    · 2007 · cited 79,963x

  2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

    · 1997 · cited 48,666x

  3. Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>

    · 2015 · cited 40,959x

  4. <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination

    · 2015 · cited 27,711x

  5. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity

    · 1961 · cited 23,215x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

  • “If you'd given me the choice of going out and beating four men and smashing a goal in from thirty yards against Liverpool or going to bed with Miss World, it would have been a difficult choice. Luckily, I had both.”
  • “I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.”
  • “I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.”
  • “I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.”
  • “In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.”
  • “He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that he's all right.”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

~40 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Northern Ireland professional footballer

Best (film)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “George Best” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (12)

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