Born in Alice Street, Cwmbwrla, Swansea in 1931, Il Gigante Buono (The Gentle Giant) played for Juve between 1957 and 1962. He won three Serie A championships, two Coppa Italia, was once the league's top scorer and twice voted into the league team of the year. In 1997, Juventus fans voted him as their best ever foreign player.

by JeffersonBoi

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  1. They should build a statue of him on the Vetch ground (now vacant). He did so much for Welsh football.

  2. Gentleman John an absolute legend and fiercely Welsh a brilliant role model for his generation. This is a well deserved honour

  3. Casual reminder that if he wasn’t injured, we would have beat Brazil in the quarter final of the 1958 World Cup. I think. Probably.

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