Bobby Moore was the most famous footballer on the planet and the captain of the team who were the reigning World Cup champions.
The legendary player was a talisman to both his team and the whole country and the pressure on his shoulders leading up to the 1970 World Cup was immense.
Bobby never once cracked and despite England returning home from the competition in Mexico having been knocked out in the quarter-finals, he was the stand-out player of the tournament.
But the iconic footballer, who had led his team to world victory just four years earlier, almost didn't make it to the World Cup finals after he became embroiled in a theft scandal that kept him under house arrest.
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