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Gary Lineker suffered racist abuse as a player over his "darkish skin"

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Gary Lineker said he was subjected to racist abuse during his footballing career. The former England striker said his "darkish skin" meant he was targeted by others despite being "as English as they come".

In a candid interview on the High-Performance podcast, the 61-year-old said he managed to overcome it because of his "mental strength".Lineker said: "Without being good at sport, life would have been very different for me.

I think I would have been bullied at school – I was a tiny, geeky kid with darkish skin. I had pretty much racist abuse, although I'm as English as they come, all the time. "Even in professional football I had that a couple of times.

I wouldn't name names, but I got that kind of nonsense, which was a bit weird. Other people might not be able to handle that."My greatest strength was not my right foot, it was my mental strength.

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