“If this can be termed the century of the common man, then soccer, of all sports, is surely his game.... In a world haunted by the hydrogen and napalm bomb, the football field is a place where sanity and hope are still left unmolested.”
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Stanley Rous
Stanley Rous, born on April 25, 1895, and died on July 18, 1986, was a British historian known for his research on the history of medieval England. His career and life experiences are limited in available information. more
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