Jimmy Greaves – 1940
Born on the 20th of February 1940, James Peter Greaves played professional football for England as a forward. Greaves ranks fourth on the list of the country’s highest goalscorers internationally and he even scored a place on the English Football Hall of Fame. Greaves walked down the aisle with Irene Barden in 1958, but they soon initiated divorce proceedings owing to his battle with alcoholism. The couple did reunite without filing the papers and they currently have four children together. In 2015, Greaves suffered a severe stroke leaving him permanently confined to a wheelchair.
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