Jeff Astle

Jeff gave good head

D.O.B. - 13th May, 1942

Home Town - Eastwood, Nottinghamshire

Profession - Footballing Man

Qualification - Played for England in the 1970 World Cup (for which we'll forgive him the 361 games with West Brom). British Jeffs are, sadly, a rarity. Even when you think you've found one, chances are they're a G-off. So, when you find a true British Jeff, you hold on to him and put him in your national football team. I'm not saying that Jeff only got into the team because he was a Jeff, I'm sure his lightness of foot and dazzling accuracy played a part, but it can't have hurt. As opposed to heading leather footballs, the repeated minor trauma of which caused the degenerative brain disorder which led to his death on 19th January, 2002.