Trevor Francis, signed from Birmingham in 1979.
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Trevor Francis was recognised as the first £1,000,000 player but the actual fee of the transfer was £999,999. Actually £1 short of the million pound mark. But Francis is still known as the 1 million pound playerTrevor francis. Birmingham to Nottingham forest 1 Million
Trevor Francis, transferred from Birmingham to Nottingham Forest in 1979.
Don Nottingham, nicknamed 'The Human Bowling Ball', played seven seasons for the Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins between 1971-1977. Click on the 'Don Nottingham Career Stats' link below to see his career statistics.
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The first football player to make a million dollars a year was Joe Namath. In 1969, Namath signed a three-year contract with the New York Jets that paid him a total of $3 million, making him the highest-paid player in football at the time.