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Footballers Who Mastered More Than One Position
Footballers Who Mastered More Than One Position
by pitch_side  • 
4 in common: David Alaba, John Stones and 2 more
Playing somewhere once is easy to overstate. Each of these footballers took sustained responsibility in two distinct roles and made a useful skill travel between them. Some moved permanently...
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Footballers Who Returned Home and Made a Difference
Footballers Who Returned Home and Made a Difference
by pitch_side  • 
2 in common: Gerard Piqué and Thiago Silva
Plenty of famous players go home for a lap of honour. These ones went back to a home club or league and changed something: a title, a promotion, a continental trophy, a relegation avoided or a...
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Athletes Who Returned to Elite Competition After Major Injury
Athletes Who Returned to Elite Competition After Major Injury
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Virgil van Dijk
Some injuries end careers. These athletes suffered serious, publicly documented injuries, from car crashes and broken bones to torn ligaments and repeated surgery, and came back to win at the...
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Football Captains Admired for More Than Trophy Counts
Football Captains Admired for More Than Trophy Counts
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Leah Williamson
An armband does not make a leader, and a trophy cabinet does not prove one. These captains are here for things they demonstrably did: organising team-mates, standing up to federations, setting...
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Set-Piece Specialists Worth Studying
Set-Piece Specialists Worth Studying
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Wendie Renard
A dead ball is a small tactical contest: distance, angle, wall, goalkeeper and the movement of teammates all matter. These players offered a repeatable answer, whether striking at goal, delivering...
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Athletes Who Became Influential Sporting Administrators
Athletes Who Became Influential Sporting Administrators
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Franz Beckenbauer
Some of the most consequential careers in sport began on the field and continued in boardrooms: running the Olympic movement, governing bodies, national ministries and the organisations that...
Sports
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Athletes Who Became Successful Coaches
Athletes Who Became Successful Coaches
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Franz Beckenbauer
Being a great player is no guarantee of being a great coach, and many stars never manage the switch. This list picks the ones who did, judging the two careers separately: each person here reached...
Sports
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Archers Who Excelled When the Pressure Was Highest
Archers Who Excelled When the Pressure Was Highest
by pitch_side  • 
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Archery looks calm on television, but an Olympic final is decided by a few millimetres, a ticking clock and sometimes a single arrow in a shoot-off. These are the archers whose records hold up...
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Olympic Weightlifters with Extraordinary Competitive Consistency
Olympic Weightlifters with Extraordinary Competitive Consistency
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More from pitch_side
Weightlifting rewards the lifter who makes their attempts count: three tries in the snatch, three in the clean and jerk, and a total that decides the medals. This list picks lifters who did that...
Sports
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Rowers with Remarkable Careers Across Boat Classes
Rowers with Remarkable Careers Across Boat Classes
by pitch_side  • 
More from pitch_side
Rowing has two techniques and many boats. Scullers hold an oar in each hand, in singles, doubles and quads; sweep rowers hold one oar with both hands, in pairs, fours and eights, and need a...
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