Esmond Million
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 March 1938 | ||
Place of birth | Ashington, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Amble Juniors | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1956–1962 | Middlesbrough | 52 | (0) |
1962–1963 | Bristol Rovers | 38 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Esmond Million (born 15 March 1938)[1] is a former football goalkeeper.
Playing career
Million played for Middlesbrough from 1956 to 1962.[2] He joined Bristol Rovers in 1962.[3]
In April 1963, he took a £300 bribe to throw a match. The ploy failed and Million was exposed amid the 1964 British football match-fixing scandal.[4] After having been banned from football for life,[5] he emigrated with his family to Canada where he became active in professional ice hockey. He would eventually return to Britain and is now thought to be living in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.[6]
References
- ^ "Esmond Million". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ^ "Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database: Middlesbrough". Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database: Bristol Rovers". Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ Jones's Horror at Bribe Attempt
- ^ Warren, Dan (14 July 2006). "The worst scandal of them all". BBC Sport.
- ^ Rovers fiasco exposed bigger scandal
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- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- Bristol Rovers F.C. players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
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