George Best

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Bricklayer

Birthplace Belfast County Belfast Ireland

Biography

‘George Best, bricklayer from Belfast, was fined for breach of the peace at Gretna Green Station. He was shouting, swearing and rushed forward to strike the stationmaster when asked for his ticket, but fell flat on his face. In defence his lawyer said that his client had been at Gretna three weeks without getting into trouble.’ – Gretna’s Secret War by Gordon Routledge (Bookcase, 1999), p. 14.