Stuff of legends

Came across the name of Leigh Richmond Roose whilst reading "The Knowledge" in the Guardian. It's the stuff of legends "Like many footballers, Roose was famously superstitious, wearing a 'lucky shirt' beneath his goalkeeping jersey throughout the course of his career. The shirt, said to have been an old black-and-green Aberystwyth top, was reputedly never washed. Played for Stoke City, Everton, Woolwich Arsenal, Port Vale, Huddersfield Town, Aston Villa...and Wales. Read the Wikipedia entry full of anecdotal stories that would make headlines today. Link
Sadly our goalkeeping hero is killed at The Battle of The Somme in 1916 along with over a million other lives.