Ballon d’Or at the presidential palace
On this day, 11th October, in 2005, football star George Weah ran for the office of president of Liberia.
Boško Petrović: From Football to Freedom?
Left the football pitch behind to fight for ideology in the sky.
Brunilde Amodeo: Woman against Fascism
Captain of a pioneering Italian football team in 1933.
Armand Swartenbroeks: Champion of fair play
Playing football to help and cure other people.
Otto Fritz ‘Tull’ Harder: From German hero to Nazi war criminal
Player who commanded Hannover-Ahlem, a Nazi concentration camp.
Ruud Gullit: The Making of an Icon
Rising above humble origins to become an outspoken multicultural star.
Leo Halle: The Lion of Deventer
Dutch national goalkeeper who stayed away from playing Germany in 1934.
Hughie Gallacher: No Life after Football
From mining to a goal scoring, but ending in misery and suicide.
Gabriel Hanot: The visionary journalist
Player who set out a path for the development of football.
Lotte Specht: Dreaming to Play
Pioneering women’s football in Germany in 1930.
