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Originally Posted by alex_front2
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Nice commeratative 60th birthday tribute from Rayo Vallecano fans to late Laurie Cunningham who died in 1989 aged 33 in a car accident. For those unaware he was at the time the second black England international and he started his career at Leyton Orient and went on to play for a string of clubs including West Bromwich, Real Madrid , Man U, and Leicester City.
I love Rayo Vallecano fans, they are brilliant like St Pauli fans.
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Wonderful player, sadly back then it was difficult for Black players to get in the national team, or he would have won far more caps, he would have been one of the main stars for England.
He should have been at both the 82 and 86 World cups simply on his talent, finally it took the genius performances of John Barnes to break the mould for Black players, but Cunningham was just as good.
Tragic end.