George Best
Northern Irish footballer (1946–2005)
Facts
35 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- May 22, 1946
- Date of death
- November 25, 2005
- Place of birth
- Belfast
- Place of death
- London
- Country of citizenship
- United Kingdom[13]
- Occupation
- association football player, sports commentator, athlete
- Educated at
- Grosvenor Grammar School[14]
- Award received
- Ballon d'Or, English Football Hall of Fame[15][16]
- Spouse
- Angie Best, Alex Best[10][11]
- Child
- Calum Best[12]
- Cause of death
- kidney failure[35]
- Country for sport
- Northern Ireland
- End of work period
- February 11, 1984
- Height
- +176
- League or competition
- English Football League, North American Soccer League[32][33]
- Manner of death
- natural causes[40]
- Mass
- +65
- Medical condition
- alcoholism[39]
- Member of sports team
- Manchester United F.C., Los Angeles Aztecs, Hong Kong Rangers FC, Nuneaton Town F.C., Sea Bee, Hibernian F.C., Tobermore United F.C., Cork Celtic F.C., Stockport County F.C., Dunstable Town F.C., Jewish Guild, AFC Bournemouth, Queensland Lions FC, Fulham F.C., Los Angeles Aztecs, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, San Jose Earthquakes, Northern Ireland men's national association football team, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, San Jose Earthquakes[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
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- Name in native language
- George Best
- Number of matches played/races/starts
- +2[41]
- Place of burial
- Roselawn Cemetery, grave of George Best[8][9]
- Place of detention
- HM Prison Pentonville, HM Prison Ford
- Sport number
- 11
- Start of work period
- September 14, 1963
- Total goals in career
- +0
- Writing language
- English
🏷️ Also known as
en Georgie Best
en George Best
ar جورج بست
ar جورج بيست
da Geroge Best
da Georgie Best
da Geordie Best
de Georgie Best
el Τζορτζ Μπεστ
fa جرج بست
he ג'ורג' בסט
he גורג בסט
hu Georgie Best
ja ジョージ・ベスト
ko 조지 베스트
ru George Best
ru Бест Д.
ru Бест Джордж
ru Джордж Бест
ru Джордж Бэст
🔖 Identifiers · 95
- ISNI
- 0000000116775925
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- 77425580
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- no91014257
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- 130610550
- A Dictionary of Sports Studies entry ID
- 106
- Alexander Turnbull Library ID
- 239301
- AllMovie person ID
- p394389
- AlloCiné person ID
- 528479
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
- george-best
- Awards & Winners artist ID
- 0272t9
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- 9f5db4dd-76a3-45d7-992f-6ab4744a244d
- BDFA player ID
- 56032
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- 90077117
- BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
- BestGeorge1946-2005
- Babelio author ID
- 255410
- Barry Hugman's Footballers player ID
- 1503
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 17953230x
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- 981060720931606706
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- ncf11673643
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- 1140563741690351488
- DDB person (GND) ID
- 130610550
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
- 130610550
- Dictionary of Irish Biography ID
- 009525
- Discogs artist ID
- 2197243
- EU-Football.info player ID
- 1822
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/George-Best
- Encyclopædia Universalis ID
- george-best
- Evene ID
- george-best-11791
- FAST ID
- 1797539
- FIFA player ID (archived)
- 46539
- Famous Birthdays ID
- people/george-best
- Fandom article ID
- football:George_Best
- Film.ru person ID
- dzhordzh-best
- Filmportal ID
- 18e61a5425af408cbcc45996f9fa98de
- Find a Grave memorial ID
- 12542518
- FootballDatabase.eu person ID
- 13301
- Freebase ID
- /m/0272t9
- Geni profile ID
- 6000000017658427330
- Goodreads character ID
- 48094
- Google Arts & Culture entity ID
- m0272t9
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- george-best
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- George_Best
- HAND ID
- 796B-92FB-BFD8-ED9F-C75F
- IMDb ID
- nm0078928
- IdRef ID
- 263029271
- Kallías ID
- PE00438526
- Kicker.de player ID
- george-best
- Kinobox person ID
- 838548
- Kinopoisk person ID
- 17217
- Libraries Australia ID
- 36576206
- Libris-URI
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- Munzinger Sport number
- 01000050124
- MusicBrainz artist ID
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- Myspace ID
- georgiebest
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA08127300
- NDL Authority ID
- 01204397
- NE.se ID
- george-best
- NL CR AUT ID
- js20051128002
- NLA Trove people ID
- 1301686
- NLP ID
- a0000002975817
- NNDB people ID
- 038/000025960
- NUKAT ID
- n2007006252
- Nasljerseys.com player ID
- Players/B/Best.George
- National Library of Greece ID
- 187318
- National Library of Ireland ID
- vtls000898522
- National Library of Latvia ID
- 000296770
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810603953405606
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
- XX4608972
- National Library of Wales Authority ID
- best-george-1946-2005-photographs
- National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
- mp14395
- National-Football-Teams.com player ID
- 18004
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 089132475
- Obálky knih ID
- js20051128002
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3876622
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
- 96196
- Plex person key
- 5d7768353c3c2a001fbce5d8
- Portrait Archive ID
- 252382
- Quora topic ID
- George-Best-1
- SBN author ID
- SBLV130607
- SELIBR ID
- 397610
- SecondHandSongs artist ID
- 108440
- Sinemalar person ID
- 634042
- TMDB person ID
- 68797
- The Guardian topic ID
- football/george-best
- Topic's main category
- Category:George Best
- Trading Card Database name ID
- 23726
- Transfermarkt player ID
- 174986
- Treccani ID
- george-best
- UEFA player ID
- 9653
- UK Parliament thesaurus ID
- 469404
- WikiTree person ID
- Best-3272
- WorldFootball.net person ID (old)
- george-best
- Yale LUX ID
- person/88ead9aa-c69e-4bb8-9217-2de37c0c924c
🔗 Connections
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Occupation 2
Cause of death 1
Child 1
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Medical condition 1
Named after 1
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Place of birth 1
Place of death 1
Place of detention 1
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Summary
George Best was born on May 22, 1946[1], in Belfast[2]. He died on November 25, 2005[3], in London[4]. He worked as an association football player[5], sports commentator[6], and athlete[7].
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for George Best include George Best Belfast City Airport[43], an international airport[44], in United Kingdom[45], founded in 1937[46].
Why It Matters
Entities named for him include George Best Belfast City Airport[43], an international airport[44], in United Kingdom[45], founded in 1937[46].
FAQs
Where was George Best born?
George Best was born in Belfast[2].
Where did George Best die?
George Best died in London[4].
Who was George Best married to?
George Best's spouses include Angie Best[10] and Alex Best[11].
What did George Best do for work?
George Best worked as an association football player[5], sports commentator[6], and athlete[7].
Where did George Best go to school?
George Best was educated at Grosvenor Grammar School[14].
What awards did George Best receive?
Honors received include Ballon d'Or[15] and English Football Hall of Fame[16].