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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.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Belfast
- Place of death
- London
- Child
- Calum Best
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- San Jose Earthquakes
- Position played
- wing half
- Country for sport
- Northern Ireland
- Mass
- 65
- Image
- George Best (1976).jpg
- Height
- 175
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- George Best
- date of birth
- 1946-05-22
- date of death
- 2005-11-25
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- name in native language
- George Best
- sport number
- 11
- Commons gallery
- George Best
- medical condition
- alcoholism
- topic's main category
- Category:George Best
- end of work period
- 1984-02-11
- start of work period
- 1963-09-14
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
- total goals in career
- 0
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Northern Ireland professional footballer
Best (film)
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