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Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson
What I particularly remember about him was how good he was in the air. When you consider at that time they played with the old heavy leather balls, which when wet would become even heavier, its remarkable really.
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Yes his wife mentioned all that including the heavy leather balls that got even worse in the wet and she told me George would never kick a goal if he could head it.
She told me the family believe these were major and even decisive factors in George suffering from Alzheimers' in his latter days.
Thought of him as I walked through a thunderstorm to Leeds library at 1pm.