Read somewhere last night that he was only the 11th footballer or manager to be knighted.
Not sure how Trevor Brooking got one, doubtful services to commentary, but he was the last one.
Bobby Robson, Ferguson, Geoff Hurst, Bobby Charlton, Bert Millichip, Walter Winterbottom, Matt Busby, Alf Ramsey, Stanley Matthews, Stanley Rous and Charles Clegg (1927).
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