Emlyn statue set to be unveiled
A statue of former England and Liverpool football captain Emlyn Hughes is being unveiled in his birthplace of Barrow, Cumbria.
The defender, who became a TV personality after retirement, died in 2004 from brain cancer, aged 57.
FA chief executive Brian Barwick is set to dedicate the bronze statue - a pose of Hughes in mid-kick - on Friday.
The sculpture will be sited at a new office development on Abbey Road, which has been named Emyln Hughes House.
The former television Question of Sport captain, who was awarded an OBE in 1980, played 650 games for Liverpool, won 62 England caps and captained his country 23 times.
He was named Footballer of the Year in 1977 and also played for Blackpool, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Hull, Mansfield and Swansea, before a 20-month spell as manager of Rotherham United.
After his playing career he lived in Sheffield.
The statue has been funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7353893.stm
A statue of former England and Liverpool football captain Emlyn Hughes is being unveiled in his birthplace of Barrow, Cumbria.
The defender, who became a TV personality after retirement, died in 2004 from brain cancer, aged 57.
FA chief executive Brian Barwick is set to dedicate the bronze statue - a pose of Hughes in mid-kick - on Friday.
The sculpture will be sited at a new office development on Abbey Road, which has been named Emyln Hughes House.
The former television Question of Sport captain, who was awarded an OBE in 1980, played 650 games for Liverpool, won 62 England caps and captained his country 23 times.
He was named Footballer of the Year in 1977 and also played for Blackpool, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Hull, Mansfield and Swansea, before a 20-month spell as manager of Rotherham United.
After his playing career he lived in Sheffield.
The statue has been funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7353893.stm
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