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Soccer/Football Urban Legends History

Here are quick descriptions of each of the previous editions of Hockey Legends Revealed.

To see if they are true or false, you have to click on the link!

William Dean’s nickname “Dixie” came from his dark skin.

Stephen Ireland faked a death of a grandmother to get out of his international duties with Team Ireland.

Bobby Charlton and Dennis Viollet switched seats with Tommy Taylor and David Pegg right before the “Munich air disaster”.

A Thailand player intentionally scored on his own goal to give his team a better match-up in a tournament.

A referee assessed an ungentlemanly conduct foul on a player for loud flatulence during a penalty kick.

The United States was the first country to begin calling “football” “soccer.”

The Italian national team was threatened by death by Benito Mussolini if they lost the 1938 World Cup.

A dog discovered the stolen World Cup trophy soon before the 1966 World Cup began.

FIFA changed the rules of a contest when Diego Maradona was voted Player of the Century in 2000.

40,000 prostitutes enter the country hosting the FIFA World Cup.

A US player played for Puerto Rico in 2008 international play.

A player got a yellow card for faking an injury – however, the player was DEAD!.

Johan Cruyff sat out the 1978 FIFA World Cup as a political protest.

A famous football striker had a rather inventive response to being replaced as #9 on the team..

A message board poster in England correctly predicted a 7-0 victory in the quarter finals of the 2006 Football Association Challenge Cup.

The game of soccer/association football was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize!

The 2010 Champions League Final was held out of England because England would tax the winning players!

British World Cup fever in 1966 led to a Prime Minister being elected.

A group of Ukrainian athletes/prisoners of war were executed after they defeated their Nazi jailers in a game of football/soccer.

A linesman who made a controversial call on a goal in the World Cup final of England’s only World Cup victory was presented with a golden whistle by the Queen of England.

A ban on outside photographs by a football club has led to some amusing ways around the ban by newspapers covering the visiting teams.

An Italian team once accidentally purchased the wrong player.

Cerro Porteño chose its colors as a compromise between two rival political parties.

A Swiss football player once lost most of his finger while celebrating a goal.

Ta da!

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