We all know Gareth Bale, a Welsh soccer player who began his professional career playing for Southampton and made his way all the way up to Real Madrid Club and the Wales national team. Despite all these achievements and well-known facts, there are plenty of others that you might not know about Gareth Bale. Here are some of them. Fact 6: Gareth Bale’s Idol Gareth Bale pretended to be his idol Ryan Giggs in the playground at school. Gareth Bale has actually won the English Premier League’s Player of the Month award more times than his fellow countryman. Fact 7: PFA Award In 2013 Bale Won both the PFA Player of the year and the Young Player of the year awards. Gareth joins only Cristiano Ronaldo and Andy Gray in accomplishing this feat in
An example, how do you think Pelé became the best player in the world as well
Tom Brady rose to stardom quickly, but he was once an underdog. Starting off his football career, Tom Brady was unwanted and did not get any playing time in college. First he red-shirted his first year at the University
Bobby Seale was born in Texas, on October 22, 1936. He similar to Newton moved to Berkley and lived in crowded, dirty housing projects. Throughout his childhood he was constantly surrounded by poverty, partly due to his father not receiving a proper education. He joined the U.S. Air Force but then was discharged after he began to curse at his superior, for disrespecting him. He then enrolled to Meritt College and joined the Afro-American Association, where he met Newton.
Throughout his short lived life, Ryan White brought about awareness and educated many people about AIDS. He was born in Kokomo, Indiana and later became the face of AIDS during the mid 1980´s. White, being a hemophiliac, contracted the disease from a contaminated blood treatment. After being diagnosed with AIDS in December of 1984, the doctors gave White only six months to live. To the surprise of many, White lived five years longer than the experts predicted.
Pele's first name is Edison, after the inventor. The nickname Pele, a name he dislikes, was given to him as a schoolboy. Regarded as the greatest soccer player of all time, he was voted athlete of the century by the IOC. Pele has scored more goals for a national team than any other player. He earned the first of his three World Cups at age 17. Our throw pillows bring the legend to your
Paul Cuffee was born on January 17, 1759 during the French and Indian war, on Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts. He was the youngest son of CuffeeSlocum, and Ruth Moses. Cuffee was of Aquinnah wampanoag and African Ashanti descent and he helped colonize Sierre Leone. Cuffee built a lucative shipping empire and established the first racially intergrated school in Westport, Massachusetts. At the time of Cuffees father’s death young Paul knew little more than the alphebet, but dremaed of gaining an education and being involved in the shipping industry. The closest main port to Cuttyhunk was New Bedford, Massachusetts. The center of the American whaling industry. Cuffee used his limted free time to learn more about ships and sailing from sailors
Lebron James should win the Greatest Player of the Year Award because Lebron has won many awards. According to Basketball-Reference.com James Won 4 most valuable player, 3 finals most valuable player, 2 all star game valuable player, won Sporting New MVP, won Sporting New Rookie of the Year, and Rookie of the Year.
Lincoln Chafee was born in Providence, Rhode Island on March 26, 1953. The Chaffee family was among the earliest settlers of Hingham, Massachusetts. He attended the Montana State University horseshoeing school in Bozeman. Before Chafee became a democratic he was a Republican. His religious background is Episcopalian. Lincoln Chafee is also
Ricardo Kaka, renowned AC Milan/Real Madrid player and native Brazilian, he is one of the most openly religious players in soccer and has contributed much of his personal funds to founding churches and supporting charities. Furthermore, Ricardo Kaka demonstrates a level of humility not often seen in the sporting world especially at the level he has competed at and the awards that he has received. After receiving the Ballon D’Or, the highest individual award in soccer, in 2007 (the last player to do so since the Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo winning streak) he attributed the skills
On November 9, 1731, in Ellicott’s Mills, MD, Mary Banneky gave birth to Benjamin Banneker. Benjamin was the son of an ex-slave named Robert, and his mother Mary was the daughter of an Englishwoman named Molly Welsh. The both of his parents were both freed slaves and he was luckily able to escape the torture of slavery as well. His ability to read was taught by his biological grandmother when she’d read him books. He also attended a Quaker school for a very short period of time, but was primarily self-educated. At an early age, he was able to execute making an irrigation system for his family’s farm. He was had the ability to create a wooden clock that was able to compute accurate time for more than 50 years until his passing.
Benjamin Banneker was a famous African American because of his political contributions to society as an astronomer and surveyor. Benjamin Banneker lived during several time periods: Colonization and Settlement, the American Revolution, and The New Nation. During the first time period he lived in, Colonization and settlement, other places tried to avoid slavery by keeping work to the townspeople but that resulted in sloppiness and inaccurate work. On the other hand, the southern states the used slavery were more efficient and neat in their work. Later on, during the American Revolution, the blacks were still oppressed by the americans during their war with britain. During this time the slavery continued and it was legal in all states The next era
Michael Connor was born on 04/14/1970, in Woodriver, IL to Cheryl and Dan Gallagher. Michael's parents are still alive and married. Michael stated that he has a good relationship with his parents. He felt his needs were met and he was loved. Michael was raised Bapitist. He was taught to believe in God, have a sharp moral compass, work hard, and work well with others when necessary. Cheryl and Dan had three children together. They are Michael, Shawn Gallagher, age 38 and Doug Gallagher, age 36.
Robbie Shae, born December 21, 1998 to Angel and Robert Shaffer. Robbie grew up in Percy Illinois and attended Trico High School. He began his music career at a very early age while singing and playing for his church. Robbie took off to be a big star in high school which led to him playing for the president himself. Robbie was also the president of everything he did in high school, like student council, and FBLA. This is what interested him into politics. Robbie was fascinated by how much power the president had, along with the power he had as a class president, and decided he too wanted this power one day, not just at school though, Robbie wanted power over the nation. . He continued his music career by singing about his honest opinions in
After Cristiano’s spell in Manchester, he made a record setting transfer to Real Madrid in 2009. He was ready for a change and stated that he wants to play a different style of football and face a new challenge. Striving to be the greatest, Cristiano set out to Spain looking to break new records and pick up his second Ballon D’or after winning it the first time that previous year. This chapter in his life brought him head to head with his rival Lionel Messi, who is also a contender for the Player of the Year Award. In fact, Messi went on to win the award 4 consecutive years after Ronaldo picked it up for the first time. This fueled Ronaldo do impeccable things on the football pitch. He set club and league records in 2014, just 5 years after arriving in Madrid. He became the all-time leading goal scorer for his club and the player with the most hat-tricks in the history of the league. This helped him to win the Ballon D’or for the 2nd time in 2013 and to him it was the most meaningful award yet.
A passionate desire to play on the field and an undying love for football, Cristiano's interest in the great sport of football started when he was just three years old. When Cristiano was around ten or so, word of his spectacular skills on the field was