Trevor Francis, signed from Birmingham in 1979.
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.
Trevor Francis moved from Birmingham to Nottingham Forest for £1.18 million in 1979.
Sol campbell was the first british player in 2001 to earn 100k a week.
He was the first million pound player in England
Trevor Francis - was first 1 million pound transfer in 1978.. Not So!! Giuseppe Savoldi had been the world's first £1m player when he moved from Bologna to Napoli for £1.2m in 1975
Trevor Francis was transferred from Birmingham city to Nottingham Forest in February 1979 for £999,999 as Brian Clough joked he didn't want the pressure of being the first million pound player to affect him. The true figure was over £1.1M including taxes.
The current goalkeeper for Nottingham Forest is Brice Samba. He joined the club in 2019 and has been a key player in the team since then.
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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
When referring to Nottingham Forest, there was a Dutch player by the name of Wesley Verhoek.
Trevor Francis, transferred from Birmingham to Nottingham Forest in 1979.
The player who played alongside George Best at Manchester United and later had a stint at Nottingham Forest is John O'Neill. Best, a legendary winger, was part of the Manchester United squad during the 1960s, while O'Neill had a brief playing career at Forest in the late 1970s after his time at United.
Martin O'Neill won the European Cup twice as a player with Nottingham Forest, in 1979 and 1980.