Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Number: 4
Position: *DMF, CMF
Nationality: Northern Irish
Age: 34-35 (10/02/1926)
Era: 1960/1961
Foot: R
Side: R
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 75 kg
Attack: 77
Defence: 75
Balance: 85
Stamina: 83
Top Speed: 79
Acceleration: 80
Response: 86
Agility: 79
Dribble Accuracy: 90
Dribble Speed: 78
Short Pass Accuracy: 94
Short Pass Speed: 82
Long Pass Accuracy: 94
Long Pass Speed: 82
Shot Accuracy: 73
Shot Power: 84
Shot Technique: 74
Free Kick Accuracy: 80
Curling: 85
Header: 78
Jump: 83
Technique: 92
Aggression: 80
Mentality/Tenacity: 90
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 96
Injury Tolerance: B
Form/Condition/Fitness: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 7
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: 7
Growth type: Standard/Lasting
PES 2011 CARDS:
P06: Pinpoint Pass
P07: Early Cross
P18: Talisman
S02: Passer
S04: PK Taker
S05: 1-touch Play
S06: Outside Curve
PES 2010 CARDS:
P08: Pinpoint Pass
P09: Early Cross
P20: Talisman
S02: Passer
S04: PK Taker
S05: 1-touch Play
S06: Outside Curve
SPECIAL ABILITIES:
*Playmaking
*Passing
*Centre
*Penalties
*1-Touch Pass
*Outside
PES 2011 / 2010 Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Balanced
INFO:
1954-64, 382 appearances, 21 goals
The man who ran the show, and what a show it was. Always keeping the ball moving, the right half would wait for an opening and find a pass that the opposition had not seen and an angle that didn’t seem to exist. Several generations of my family considered him the finest player to grace the lilywhite shirt, reinforced by my father’s recollection that the Northern Irishman took on England almost single-handedly in a 1-1 draw at Wembley in 1961. A deep-thinking captain who temporarily lost the role in 1956 over onfield changes, Blanchflower became a forthright journalist and refused to go on This Is Your Life when confronted by the Big Red Book. He also caused controversy with Barnsley when he demanded to use a ball in training and later said of the game: “It is full of beautiful movements, ballet movements, if you like. It was never meant to be played in the air. Let’s give the public real football.” That summed it up: Blanchflower was all about the glory.
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk
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Robert Dennis "Danny" Blanchflower (10 February 1926 - 9 December 1993) was a footballer, football manager, and journalist who captained Tottenham Hotspur F.C. during its double-winning season of 1961. He was ranked as the greatest player in Spurs history by The Times of London in 2009. He is remembered as one of the great tacticians in the history of the game, renowned for his passing, and as an outstanding right-half.
Danny Blanchflower wrote:“Football is not really about winning, or goals, or saves or supporters- it’s about glory. It’s about doing things in style, doing them with a flourish; it’s about going out to beat the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom."
VIDEOS:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=32573
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=42108
ADDITIONAL LINKS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Blanchflower
http://www.spursodyssey.com/double/dannyb.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-danny-blanchflower-1466455.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/tottenham/article5920090.ece?token=null&offset=132&page=12
http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/danny-blanchflower/
