Esmond Million
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Amble Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956–1962 | Middlesbrough | 52 | (0) |
| 1962–1963 | Bristol Rovers | 38 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Esmond Million is a former football goalkeeper.
Playing career
Million played for Middlesbrough from 1956 to 1962.[1] He joined Bristol Rovers in 1962.[2]
In April 1963, he took a £300 bribe to throw a match. The ploy failed and Million was exposed amid the 1964 British football match-fixing scandal.[3] After having been banned from football for life,[4] he emigrated with his family to Canada where he became active in professional ice hockey. He would eventually return to Britain and is now thought to be living in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.[5]
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References
- "Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database: Middlesbrough". Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- "Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database: Bristol Rovers". Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- Jones's Horror at Bribe Attempt
- Warren, Dan (14 July 2006). "The worst scandal of them all". BBC Sport.
- Rovers fiasco exposed bigger scandal
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