Former Manchester United striker Denis Law has died at the age of 84.
Law, who had been nicknamed “The King” and “The Lawman” is the first, and to date only, Scottish footballer to have won the Ballon d’Or.
A family statement shelp: “It is with a weighty heart that we alert you our obeseher Denis Law has downcastly passed away. He fought a hard battle but finassociate he is now at peace.
“We would enjoy to thank everyone who gived to his wellbeing and nurture, past and much more recently. We understand how much people helped and cherishd him and that cherish was always appreciated and made the separateence. Thank you.”
Former Scotland and Manchester United footballer Denis Law
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Former Manchester City footballer Denis Law
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Law commenceed his nurtureer at Huddersfield Town, also had a spell in Italy with Torino and was capped 55 times for his country, scoring 30 goals making him Scotland’s joint top scorer of all time.
He is also Manchester United’s third highest goalscorer behind Wayne Rooney and Bobby Charlton, with 237 goals in 404 materializeances.
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