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.............. Joe Gaetjens made his name on 29 June 1950. Out of nowhere apparently, my father came and went head first and hit the ball hard enough to change its direction - so the goalie from the England team was going one way and the ball went the other way, says his eldest son Lesly. The 15,000 football fans in Brazils Belo Horizonte stadium went wild - moments earlier they thought the US didnt have even the slightest chance of beating England. Even the US coach had described his side as sheep ready to be slaughtered. While the England players were professionals, the Americans were part-timers - one was a teacher, another drove a hearse for a living and Gaetjens was an accountancy student.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 08:25:43 +0000

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