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Cruyff [krɔɪf (Dutch) krœjf] n (Biographies / Cruyff, Johan (1947 M, Dutch, SPORT AND GAMES: footballer) Johan (joːˈhɑn). born 1947, Dutch footballer: one of the world's leading strikers; played for Ajax of Amsterdam (1965-73) and Barcelona (1973-78); captained the Dutch team in the 1974 World Cup How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| So as we're kickin' around this David Beckham transfer to the local pro kickball team -- deciding whether it's much Adu about nothing, or, in the name of Beckenbauer, Cruyff, Pele and Sir Elton John, if it finally legitimizes what we were to infer was an illegitimate small-fry league -- and in trying to put it into some kind of context, would you say it's most accurate to compare it to when the Dodgers wrangled Frank Robinson, or when the Angels picked up Fernando Valenzuela? Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, George Best, Johann Cruyff (who returned to Europe for a few good years), and countless others alighted Stateside to kick a ball around in a country where, even today, professional soccer has not gotten over its image as a distraction for Eurotrash sissies. Asked about the significance of his being out in the sporting world, he says there isn't any; he's just living a normal life, studying economics at the Cruyff University in Amsterdam and enjoying some longtime hobbies, including playing the piano and cooking. |
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