I cannot believe that after all of my years swotting up on football that I've only just come across this bloke called Max Woosnam. He's basically an absolute f**king legend and captained Chelsea way back when in the 1920s but did a whole load of other sh*t around that. I would honestly have thought it was all made up had I not researched it but it all looks legit.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing Maxwell "Max" Woosnam...

http://us.blastingnews.com/sports/2016/02/max-woosnam-the-greatest-sportsman-in-history-that-you-ve-probably-never-heard-of-00802295.html

That's amazing.

what a picture of the great man, who wouldn't want him as your skipper?!

"Beating Charlie Chaplin at table tennis using a butter knife instead of a bat"

 

  

I am going to try to store that name in my brain and hope that one day "Name any captain of Manchester City or Chelsea" comes up in Pointless.

 

Sad I know.

A 147, and a Century at lords, unreal Talent..

A 147, and a Century at lords, unreal Talent..

and an Olympic doubles gold medal!

Edited February 25, 201610 yr by Haz139

Don Bradman is still the best for me, having a batting average of 99 (I think) is beyond obscene, that would be like scoring a hat trick per match.

Don Bradman is still the best for me, having a batting average of 99 (I think) is beyond obscene, that would be like scoring a hat trick per match.

and then he flopped in his last ever innings to miss the +100 average! absolutely brutal, what a legend...

a one sport wonder though ;-) haha

A fantastic sportsman, who I had never heard of until reading this article.

Never heard of him but thanks for letting us know.

He looks a little bit like Frank Lampard.

He was equally brilliant at a number of sports.

Reminder for those who have not yet read it.

A remarkable sportsman.

Reminder of this great article from last year.

 

Well worth a read again.