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Long
before Erling Haaland, Thierry Henry and Eric Cantona, there was George
Robledo, the first overseas star of English football. Abandoned by his father
as a child in Chile, Robledo came to the UK, where he was raised in a Yorkshire
mining village, serving underground as a 'Bevin Boy' during the Second World
War prior to making his name with Barnsley. During the 1951-52 season, his
thirty-three goals for Newcastle United in what is now the Premier League were
the most goals scored in a single season by an overseas registered,
foreign-born player, a record that has stood unbroken for over seventy years -
despite what the record books might say.
Postcards
from Santiago is the
poignant, inspiring story of Robledo's remarkable journey from the moon-like
wastes of the Atacama Desert to the cover of John Lennon's 1974 album Walls
and Bridges, via Wembley glory and the 1950 World Cup in Brazil. Where, in
England's first ever World Cup match, Robledo became the first Football League
player from outside the British Isles to face England in an official
international.
Featuring
interviews with family, friends and admirers, this fascinating biography is the
definitive account of a man who overcame immense hardship and heartache to
become a sporting trailblazer in his adopted homeland and a national hero in
his native Chile.
