| Denis Law | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Denis Law | |
| Date of birth | February 24, 1940 | |
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, United Kingdom | |
| Playing position | Striker (retired) | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1956–1960 1960–1961 1961–1962 1962–1973 1973–1974 |
Huddersfield Town Manchester City Torino Manchester United Manchester City |
81 (16) 44 (21) 27 (10) 309 (171) 24 (9) |
| National team | ||
| 1958–1974 | Scotland | 55 (30) |
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Denis Law (born February 24, 1940, in Aberdeen, Scotland) is a retired Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aberdeen ( pronounced; Aiberdeen Obar Dheathain is Scotland 's third most populous city and one of Scotland's 32 local government council Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.
Law's career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. After four years at Huddersfield, Manchester City signed him for a transfer fee of £55,000, setting a new British record. TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club [1] Law spent one year there before Torino bought him for £110,000, this time setting a new record fee for a transfer between an English and an Italian club. Torino Football Club 1906, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont [2] Although he played well in Italy, he found it difficult to settle there and signed for Manchester United in 1962, setting another British record transfer fee of £115,000. [3]
He is best known for the eleven years that he spent at United, where he scored 236 goals in 409 appearances and was nicknamed The King[4] and The Lawman by supporters. He is the only Scottish player in history to have won the prestigious European Footballer of the Year award in 1964, and helped his club win the First Division in 1965 and 1967. The "fr '''Ballon d'Or'''" ( French for " Golden Ball " often referred to as the European Footballer of the Year award is an association football The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between Law left Manchester United in 1973 and returned to Manchester City for a season, then represented Scotland in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup was held in West Germany from June 13 to July 7. Law played for Scotland a total of 55 times and jointly holds the Scottish international record goal tally with 30 goals. [5] Law is also United's second highest goalscorer behind Bobby Charlton. Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland) is a former English Professional Law holds a United record for scoring 46 goals in a single season.
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Denis was the son of George Law, a fisherman, and his wife Robina, and was the youngest of seven children. The Laws were a poor family, living in a council tenement in Aberdeen, and his father regularly had to visit the local pawnbroker. A pawnbroker is an individual or business entity that offers monetary loans in exchange for an item of value to the given pawn broker Law did not own a pair of shoes until he was fourteen, and his first pair of football boots was a present from a neighbour. The items of Footwear worn while playing Football are called football boots in British English.
He supported Aberdeen Football Club and watched them when he had enough money to do so, watching local non-league teams when he did not. Aberdeen Football Club (also known as The Dons, The Reds and The Dandies) is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen His obsession with football led to him turning down a place at grammar school, as he would have had to play rugby there instead. A grammar school is one of several different types of School in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries Instead, he attended Powis Academy (now St. Machar Academy) in Aberdeen. Despite having a serious squint, he showed great promise once he was moved from full back to inside-left, and was selected for Scotland schoolboys. Strabismus (from Greek: στραβισμός strabismos, from στραβίζειν strabizein "to squint" from στραβός strabos
In the 1954–55 season, he was spotted by Archie Beattie, a scout for Huddersfield Town, who invited him to go for a trial. Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. When he got there, the manager said, "The boy's a freak. Never did I see a less likely football prospect — weak, puny and bespectacled. " However, to Law's surprise, they signed him on 3 April 1955. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) While he was at Huddersfield, he had an operation to correct his squint, which greatly enhanced his self confidence, and meant he no longer had to play football with one of his eyes closed. [6]
Huddersfield's relegation to what was then the Second Division made it easier for Law to get a game, and he made his debut on 24 December 1956, aged only sixteen, in a 2–0 win over Notts County. From 1892 until 1992 the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Notts County Football Club is a football club based in Nottingham, England, and the oldest of all the clubs that are now professional Manchester United's manager Matt Busby shortly offered Huddersfield £10,000 for Law, a substantial amount of money for a footballer at that time, but the club turned the offer down. Sir Alexander Matthew "Matt" Busby CBE KCSG (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994 was a Scottish football player and manager most noted He was not picked to play for Scotland in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but scored on his debut against Wales on 18 October 1958 and quickly established himself as a first choice player. The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup was hosted by Sweden from June 8 to June 29. The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bill Shankly was manager of Huddersfield between 1957 and 1959, and when he left for Liverpool he wanted to take Law with him, but Liverpool were unable to afford him at that time. William "Bill" Shankly, OBE ( September 2, 1913 &ndash September 29, 1981) was one of Britain 's most successful Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. [7]
In March 1960, Law signed for Manchester City for what was then a British record transfer fee of £55,000, although Law's share of the fee was "precisely nothing". TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club [8] Although a First Division side, City had narrowly avoided relegation the previous season, and he genuinely felt that Huddersfield had a better team at the time. [9] Law made his debut on 19 March, scoring in a 4–3 defeat to Leeds United. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Leeds United Association Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Leeds United or informally Leeds, are an English professional football In April 1961, he scored two goals in a 4–1 win over Aston Villa that ensured City's survival in Division One.
Although he had thought about leaving,[10] he was playing well and in 1961 Law scored an incredible six goals in an FA Cup tie against Luton Town. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Luton Town Football Club are an English football team based in the town of Luton in Bedfordshire. Unfortunately for him, the match was abandoned with twenty minutes to go, so his six goals didn't count. To make matters worse for him, Luton won the replay 3–1, and City were knocked out of the Cup. [11]
He played but did not score in Scotland's match against England on 15 April 1961. The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scotland lost the match 9–3, and Law described it as his "blackest day". [12] The following November, Law represented the Football League in a match against the Italian League, losing 4–2. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located
Although he enjoyed his time at City,[13] he wanted to play in a more successful side and was sold to the Italian club Torino in the summer of 1961. Torino Football Club 1906, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont
Law's time in Italy did not go according to plan. Another Italian club, Internazionale, tried to prevent him becoming a Torino player as soon as he arrived, claiming he had signed a pre-contract agreement with them, although they dropped this claim before the season started. Football Club Internazionale Milano, most commonly referred to as simply Internazionale, or Inter, is an Italian professional football club
Players in the UK were not treated well at the time, and the maximum wage for footballers had only recently been abolished there, so he was pleasantly surprised to find that pre-season training was based in a luxury hotel in the Alps. A maximum wage, also often called a wage ceiling, is a State enforced limit on how much Income an individual can earn However, Torino took performance-related pay to something of an extreme, giving the players bags full of money when the team won but little, if anything, when they lost. [14] Like many British footballers who have gone to play in Italy, Law did not like the style of football and found adapting to it difficult. The ultra-defensive catenaccio system was popular there at the time, so forwards did not get many chances to score. Catenaccio is a tactical system in football with an emphasis on defence [15] He continued to play for Scotland while he was at Torino, although the club were not keen to release him for international matches and had put a clause into his contract stating that they were not obliged to do so.
On 7 February 1962, he was injured in a car crash when his teammate Joe Baker drove the wrong way around a roundabout and clipped the kerb as he tried to turn the car around, flipping it over. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Henry "Joe" Baker ( 17 July 1940 &ndash 6 October 2003) was an England international footballer. A roundabout is a type of Road junction at which Traffic enters a one-way stream around a central island Baker was almost killed, but Law's injuries were not life-threatening.
By April, he had put in a transfer request, which was ignored. The final straw for Denis came in a match against Napoli when he was sent off. Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as simply Napoli or the abbreviation SSC Napoli, is an Italian professional football club based After the match, he was told that Torino's coach, Beniamino Santos, had instructed the referee to send him off because he was angry at Law for taking a throw in, which he had been told not to do. [16] Law walked out, and was told that he would be transferred to Manchester United. A few days later, however, he was told that he was being sold to Juventus and that the small print in his contract committed him to going there whether he wanted to or not. Small Print is the debut album by English singer Sam Wedgwood, released in 2006 He responded by flying home to Aberdeen, knowing that Torino would not get a penny in transfer fees if he refused to play at Juventus.
He eventually signed for United on 10 July 1962, for a new British record fee of £115,000. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Law moved back to Manchester, boarding with the same landlady that he had lived with during his time as a City player. His first match for United was against West Bromwich Albion on 18 August 1962, and he made an excellent start, scoring after only seven minutes. West Bromwich Albion Football Club (also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or WBA) are Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The match finished in a 2–2 draw. However, United's form had been erratic since the Munich air disaster in 1958, and because of their inconsistency they spent the season fighting relegation. The Munich air disaster took place on 6 February 1958 when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a Slush -covered runway at Munich-Riem In a league match against Leicester City Law scored a hat trick but the team still lost. PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here A hat-trick in Sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times in three consecutive attempts They found form in the FA Cup though, with Law scoring another hat trick in a 5–0 win against his old club Huddersfield, and they went on to reach the final against Leicester City. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Leicester were strong favourites, having finished fourth in the league, but Law scored the first goal as United won 3–1 in what turned out to be the only FA Cup final of his career. He also married his wife Diana that season, on 11 December 1962. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Unfortunately, an incident had taken place that season which Law felt had repercussions in years to come. In a match against West Brom on 15 December 1962, the referee Gilbert Pullin consistently goaded Law with taunts such as "Oh, you clever so and so, you can't play", and after the match, Law and his manager Matt Busby reported the matter to the Football Association. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Alexander Matthew "Matt" Busby CBE KCSG (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994 was a Scottish football player and manager most noted The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey [17] A disciplinary committee decided that Pullin should be severely censured, but he did not accept their verdict and quit the game. Law later claimed that "in the eyes of some referees, [Law] was a marked man" and blamed the incident for the "staggeringly heavy punishments" that he received later in his career. [18]
Law scored a number of goals early in the 1963–64 season and was selected to play for a Rest of the World side against England at Wembley, scoring their goal in a 2–1 defeat. The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the He later described this as the greatest honour of his career. [19] His season was interrupted by a 28-day suspension for a sending off that he received against Aston Villa. The unusually cold winter forced United to play many of their fixtures in a short space of time, and their results suffered. Law later blamed this for United's failure to win a trophy in that season.
In 1964–65, Law won the European Footballer of the Year award, and Manchester United won their first league title since Munich. The "fr '''Ballon d'Or'''" ( French for " Golden Ball " often referred to as the European Footballer of the Year award is an association football Law's 28 league goals that season made him the First Division's top scorer.
The following season, Law injured his right knee while playing for Scotland against Poland on 21 October 1965. The Poland national football team (Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej is the national football team of Poland, under the auspices of the Polish Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. He had previously had an operation on the same knee while at Huddersfield,[20] and the injury was to trouble him for the rest of his career.
In 1966 Law asked United's manager Matt Busby to give him a pay rise at his next contract renewal, and threatened to leave the club if he did not get one. Busby immediately placed Law on the transfer list, announcing that "no player will hold this club to ransom, no player". When Law went to see him, Busby pulled out a written apology for him to sign, showing it to the press once he had done so. [21] Law later claimed that Busby had used the incident to warn other players not to do the same thing, but had secretly given him the pay rise. [22]
Law scored in Scotland's famous 3–2 victory over England on 15 April 1967 in the 1967 British Home Championship, less than a year after England had become world champions. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The 1967 British Home Championship has remained famous in the memories of British Home Nations football fans ever since the dramatic climatic match at Manchester United won the league that season, but Law felt that the victory over England was even more satisfying. [23]
In 1968, United won the European Cup for the first time, but Law's knee injury was causing him serious problems and he missed both the semi-final and the final as a result. The 1968 European Cup Final was the 13th European Cup Final and the culmination of the 1967–68 European Cup, a club football tournament for the champions He was regularly given cortisone injections to ease the pain, but playing while the knee was still injured was causing long-term damage. Corticosteroids are a class of Steroid hormones that are produced in the Adrenal cortex. He visited a specialist in January 1968 who wrote to United claiming that a previous operation to remove the cartilage from the knee had failed and recommending that a second operation be performed, but Law was not shown the report for several years and had to continue full training. [24]
In 1968–69, United reached the semi-final of the European Cup, playing AC Milan. Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to by the abbreviation Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy United lost the first leg in the San Siro 2–0, winning the second leg at Old Trafford 1–0 with a Bobby Charlton goal. Law put the ball over the line only to see it kicked away by a Milan defender. Law claimed a goal but the referee waved play on and United went out on aggregate. Busby, who had now been knighted, resigned at the end of the season and United's decline began. The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system.
Wilf McGuinness took over as first team coach at the start of the 1969–70 season. Wilfred "Wilf" McGuinness (born 25 October 1937 in Manchester, England) was an English football player and manager [25] United finished eighth in the league, but Law missed almost all of the season through injury, and in April 1970 he was transfer listed for £60,000. Nobody made a bid for him, so he stayed at United.
After a poor 1970–71 season, Frank O'Farrell took over as United manager. Francis 'Frank' O'Farrell (born October 9, 1927 in Cork, Ireland) is an Irish former football player and manager They made a good start to the 1971–2 season and finished 1971 five points clear at the top of the league, with Law having scored twelve goals. However, results deteriorated and they finished the season in eighth place. [26] Law scored in the first match of the following season, 1972–73, but his knee injury was troubling him again, and he failed to score for the rest of the season. The poor results continued and O'Farrell was sacked.
Law recommended that United replace O'Farrell with Tommy Docherty, whom he knew from playing for Scotland. Thomas Henderson Docherty (born Gorbals, Glasgow on 24 April, 1928) usually known as ' Tommy Docherty' or ' The Doc', is [27] The club followed his recommendation, and things started well with the team's improved results lifting them into mid-table.
Docherty gave Law a free transfer in the summer of 1973, and he moved back to Manchester City. He played in City's 2–1 defeat in the League Cup final, against Wolves. The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition In City's last game of the 1973–74 season, Law famously scored a goal against Manchester United which guaranteed their relegation from the First Division, only six years after the European Cup final that he had missed. Law's back-heel gave City a 1–0 win, but he was devastated to have relegated United (it turned out they would have been relegated even if the match had been drawn, but Law did not know this at the time) and he did not celebrate the goal, walking off the pitch with his head down as he was substituted immediately afterwards. This game was the last of his professional career, as he retired shortly afterwards, not wanting to be confined to the reserve team of a City side who were bringing in younger players.
Scotland reached the World Cup finals in the summer of 1974, for the first time since 1958. The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international Association football The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup was held in West Germany from June 13 to July 7. Although he had not played much first team football in the preceding season, Law was included in the squad and played in their first match, against Zaire. The Congo DR national football team, nicknamed The Leopards, is the national team of the Democratic Republic of Congo and is controlled by the Fédération Congolaise He didn't score, but Scotland won 2–0. Law was "very disappointed" not to be picked for the following match against Brazil,[28] and was not selected for the following match against Yugoslavia either. The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF that represents Brazil in international The Yugoslavia national football team refers to the national football team that represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1920-1941 and the Socialist Federal Republic Although Scotland were not defeated in any of their matches, they did not qualify for the second phase and were out of the World Cup. [29]
Law still had a contract with Manchester City but their manager Tony Book told him that he would only be playing reserve team football if he stayed. Anthony Keith Book was an English footballer and manager who was born in Bath, 4 September 1934. He did not want to end his career in this way, so he retired from professional football in the summer of 1974. [30] Since then, Law has often worked on radio and television summarising and presenting games. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic As of July 2005, he is still married to Diana, and they still live in the Manchester area. They have five children, and their daughter, also called Diana, works as a press officer for Manchester United.
Law was made an Inaugural Inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his impact on the English game. The Hall of Fame is housed at The National Football Museum in Preston, England.
In May 2008 at the Manchester City ground, Denis Law (with President of UEFA Michel Platini) presented the medals to the winners of the UEFA cup, Zenik St Petersburg and to their opponents, Scottish side Glasgow Rangers (result 2-0).
On 23 February 2002, a statue of Law was unveiled at Old Trafford, in the part of the stadium known as the Stretford End. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Stretford End, officially named West Stand, is a stand on the west side of Old Trafford, the Stadium of Manchester United F [31] He had a successful operation to treat prostate cancer in November 2003[32] and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Aberdeen on 5 July 2005. The University of Aberdeen is an Ancient university founded in 1495, in Old Aberdeen, Scotland. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [33]
The emergence of Dutch international Dennis Bergkamp in the 1990s uncovered a story that the player's parents, who were fans of Manchester United in the 1960s, named their son after Law, although Dutch authorities refused to recognise the name unless it was spelt with two n's as they felt it was otherwise too similar to Denise. The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp (born May 10, 1969 in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch Professional footballer At club level
Law was recognized in 2003 by the Scottish Football Association as the greatest Scottish footballer of the previous fifty years, and was thereby made Scotland's nominee as 'Golden Player' in celebration the Golden Jubilee of UEFA in 2004. The Scottish Football Association (also known as the SFA and The Scottish FA or the "worst league in the world" is the governing body of To celebrate the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA 's 50th anniversary in 2004 each of its member associations was asked by UEFA to choose one of its own players as the single The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
On November 25, 2005, Law was at the bedside of former United team-mate George Best as he died of multiple organ failure. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Best (22 May 1946 &ndash 25 November 2005 was a Northern Irish professional football player best known for his years with Manchester United.
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| Season | Club | Appearances | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956–57 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 3 |
| 1957–58 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 6 |
| 1958–59 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 2 |
| 1959–60 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 8 |
| 1959–60 | Manchester City | 7 | 2 |
| 1960–61 | Manchester City | 43 | 21 |
| 1961–62 | Torino | 27 | 10 |
| 1962–63 | Manchester United | 44 | 29 |
| 1963–64 | Manchester United | 41 | 45 |
| 1964–65 | Manchester United | 52 | 39 |
| 1965–66 | Manchester United | 48 | 24 |
| 1966–67 | Manchester United | 38 | 25 |
| 1967–68 | Manchester United | 27 | 9 |
| 1968–69 | Manchester United | 36 | 21 |
| 1969–70 | Manchester United | 20 | 12 |
| 1970–71 | Manchester United | 34 | 16 |
| 1971–72 | Manchester United | 41 | 13 |
| 1972–73 | Manchester United | 12 | 3 |
| 1973–74 | Manchester City | 26 | 12 |
| TOTAL | 587 | 300 |
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Lev Yashin |
European Footballer of the Year 1964 |
Succeeded by Eusébio |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Law, Denis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | The King, The Lawman |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Scottish footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |