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A Knighthood is a title given to a man by a British King or Queen for his achievements or his service to his country. A man who has been given a knighthood can put the title "Sir" in front of his name instead of the customary "Mr".
Liverpool and Scotland legend Kenny Dalglish was bestowed with the Knighthood on the November 16, 2018 for his services to football, charity and the city of Liverpool. The Scott won three European Cups and 6 Leagues in 7 years with Liverpool as a player while also winning 3 First Division titles as a manager. The former striker also helped raise 10 million pounds for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster.
With Sir Kenny Dalglish being knighted let's take a look at previous football personalities who received Knighthood for their services to football.
Stats and Facts Courtesy: Wikipedia
Sir Trevor Brooking
A West Ham legend, Sir Trevor Brooking was born on the 2nd October 1948 in Essex. Sir Trevor started his footballing journey with his beloved West Ham coming through the youth system of the club.
Brooking joined the senior team in 1966 and made his debut on the August 29, 1967 coming on as a substitute for Brian Dear. The English International spend 18 years with his boyhood club, making a total of 647 appearances for West Ham in all competitions scoring 102 goals in the process.
The attacking midfielder won 2 FA Cups, 1 UEFA Cup Winners Cup runners-up trophy and 1 Second Division title during his time with the Hammers. Brooking also made 47 appearances for England and scored 5 times for the Three Lions.
Sir Trevor Brooking made an appearance for Newcastle Blue Star in the Wearside League and 2 appearances for Cork City in the two seasons preceding his retirement in 1984.
Sir Trevor Brooking has a stand named after him at Upton Park as well as the Olympic Stadium since the Hammers move to their new stadium in the 2016/17 season.
Sir Bobby Charlton
One of the greatest midfielders of all time, Sir Bobby Charlton was born on the October 11, 1937 in Ashington and started his footballing journey with Manchester United. Sir Bobby Charlton spent 3 years in the United Academy and joined the main team in 1956.
The attacking midfielder was one of the first members of the Busby Babes and is one of the survivors of the tragic Munich air disaster.
Charlton spent 17 seasons with the Manchester giants making 758 appearances, ranked second with the most number of appearances for Manchester United, and scored 249 goals, the second highest goal scorer in United history, in his time with Manchester United.
The Balon d'Or winner won 3 First Division titles, 1 FA Cup and 1 European Cup during his time with Manchester United.
Charlton then went on to join Preston North End in the 1974/75 season making 38 appearances in the third division before moving onto to join Waterford United the very next season.
Charlton then went on a tour down under making appearances for Newcastle KB United, Perth Azzurri and Blacktown City as a celebrity guest. Sir Bobby Charlton in total made 807 official appearances and scored 260 goals.
Sir Bobby Charlton made 106 appearances for the Three Lions, 7th most capped player in English history, and scored 49 goals for this country, the 2nd highest goal scorer in history. The attacking midfielder was the heartbeat of the 1966 England side that won the 1966 World Cup.
Manchester United renamed their South stand, Sir Bobby Charlton Stand in honour of the legendary midfielder.
The English FA also honoured the legend by naming one of the ground in the St George's Park after him.
Sir Tom Finney
One of the greatest players ever to come from England, Sir Tom Finney was born on the April 5, 1922 and started his footballing journey with the Preston North End joining their academy aged 15. But it took 10 years for the striker to make his professional debut for the Lillywhites due to the Second World War.
On August 1946 Finney made his Preston debut, aged 24, and spent 14 seasons with the club making 473 appearances and scoring 210 goals in the process. The One club man won the Second Division title and an FA runners-up trophy during the time with the club.
The Striker made his England debut a month after his Preston debut against Northern Ireland. He went on to make 76 appearances and score 30 goals for the Three Lions during his international career.
Considered by some as one of the greatest strikers ever, Sir Tom Finney sadly died on February 14, 2014.
Sir Stanley Mathews
The first recipient of the Balon d'Or, Sir Stanley Matthew was born on the February 1, 1915 in Hanley and started his footballing journey at the Stoke City Academy. The forward made his first-team debut in 1932 and went on to make 289 appearances and score 57 goals for the Potters in his first stint with the club.
Sir Stanley Mathews was deprived of official football matches during the World War II, missing the pitch during between a forward's peak age 24 and 30 before rejoining the Potters for two seasons.
The Balon d'Or winner joined Blackpool in 1947 and spent 15 seasons with the club making a total of 428 appearances and scoring 18 goals winning the FA Cup during his time with the club.
Sir Stanley Matthews then joined Stoke City in 1961 for a second stint with the club making a total of 66 appearances and scoring 5 goals. The forward won the Second Division title twice with the Potters.
The 1956 Balon d'Or winner made 783 appearances and scored 80 goals in a 33-year long career that saw him playing 50 times for the Three Lions and scoring 11 goals in the process.
Sadly Sir Stanley Matthews passed away on the February 23, 2000.
Sir Geoff Hurst
The man who scored the winning goal for England in the 1966 World Cup Final, Sir Geoff Hurst was born on the December 8, 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne and started his footballing career in the West Ham United Youth Academy.
The forward turned professional in 1959 and made his debut for West Ham in 1960. The forward went on to make 500 appearances and score 242 goals in 13 seasons with the Hammers before moving onto Stoke City at the end of 1971/72 season.
After 4 seasons with the Potters, making 130 appearances and 39 goals, Sir Geoff Hurst went on to join Cape Town City on loan in the NFL, South African League, in 1972/73 season before moving onto join West Bromwich Albion 1975/76 season, Cork City in the same season before finally ending his career at Seattle Sounders in 1976 in NASL.
One of the greatest English forwards of all time, Sir Geoff Hurst made 674 appearances and scored 299 goals in a career that span 18 seasons. Sir Geoff Hurst won 1 FA Cup and a UEFA Cup Winner's Cup during his club career.
Sir Geoff Hurst made 49 appearances for the Three Lions and scored 24 goals. The crowning moment of the forwards career was the hattrick he scored against West Germany in the 1966 World Cup Final, the only ever player to do so tillSir
Kenny Dalglish
The latest inductee to be bestowed upon with the Knighthood, Kenny Dalglish was born on the March 4, 1951 in Glasgow and started his footballing career at the Celtic Youth Academy.
Kenny Dalglish signed his first professional contract in 1967 and made his debut for Celtic in 1968 against Hamilton Academical. The forward went on to make 322 appearances and score 167 goals in 9 seasons for the Scottish giants, winning the Scottish Division One 4 times, Scottish Cup 4 times and Scottish League Cup once before moving onto Liverpool in 1978.
King Kenny as he was fondly called by the Liverpool faithful made 502 appearances and scored 169 goals for the Merseysiders in a 13 season stay with the club that saw the Scott winning the English First Division 6 times, the Football League Cup 4 times, European Cup 3 times, FA Cup once and the European Super Cup once.
King Kenny made 824 appearances and scored 336 goals during his club football career.
The Scottish international made 102 appearances for Scotland, the only Scott to have more a 100 appearance, and 30 international goals to his name, the most goals scored for Scotland along with Denis Law.
Sir Kenny Dalglish was appointed as the Player/Manager in 1985 and managed the Merseysiders for 6 seasons in his first stint between 1985 and 1991 in before returning back for 1 and half season between January 2011 and May 2012 winning 3 English First Division titles, 2 FA Cups, 1 League Cup and 1 League Super Cup.
The Scott went onto manage Blackburn, Newcastle and Celtic in between two Liverpool stints in a 27-year long managerial career. Kenny Dalglish won the Premier League and the Scottish League Cup during coaching stints with the clubs other than Liverpool.
