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Jimmy Hill has died 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35141430

Seen as a very lightweight figure but actually one of the most influential men in the history of British sport.


Sat Dec 19, 2015 2:33 pm
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FFS, any time I ever saw him on TV no matter what the context, none of that was ever mentioned :roll:

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I dont really follow football but he was well known, although mainly for the chin.

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As chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association, he led the campaign for the scrapping of maximum wages for professional footballers.


Quite an achievement, although I wonder if he ever predicted how bonkers uncapped player wages would get.

RIP sir!

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davrosG5 wrote:
I dont really follow football but he was well known, although mainly for the chin.

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RIP sir!


I see what you did there


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I was never a football fan, but I have often watched him talk about football, he was always passionate about his subject and charismatic. He was a household name as I was growing up. Heck, his name and long chin even became a derisive term for somebody telling porkies.

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Stokes chin. Says “Jimmy Hill”. Reads news. Oh, he HAS died. :(

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It will be the three points for a win rule that I'll remember him. RIP Jimmy.

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