Denis Law

Denis Law CBE born 24 February 1940 is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward His career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956 After four years at Huddersfield he was signed by Manchester City for an estimated transfer fee of 55000 which set a new British record Law spent one year there before Torino bought him for 110000 this time setting a new record fee for a transfer involving a British player Although he played well in Italy he found it difficult to settle there and signed for Manchester United in 1962 setting another British record transfer fee of 115000 equivalent to 3098877 in 2023 Law spent 11 years at Manchester United where he scored 237 goals in 404 appearances His goals tally places him third in the clubs history behind Wayne Rooney and Bobby Charlton He was nicknamed The King4 and The Lawman by supporters and Denis the Menace by opposing supporters He is the only Scottish player to have won the Ballon dOr award doing so in 1964 and helped his club win the First Division in 1965 and 1967 as well as the FA Cup in 1963 and two Charity Shields He missed their European Cup final triumph in 1968 through injury Law left Manchester United in 1973 to return to Manchester City for a season and represented Scotland at the 1974 FIFA World Cup He played only two competitive games in the 197475 season retiring before the start of the League programme proper5 Law played for Scotland a total of 55 times and jointly holds the Scottish international record goal tally with 30 goals Law holds a United record for scoring 46 competitive goals in a single season In 2023 Law became the last remaining member of the United Trinity following the death of Sir Bobby Charlton