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Chris Flanagan

Donald Trump played for Wolves as a goalkeeper? Why 1991 claim might not be strictly true...

Donald Trump, fake news.

When Donald Trump was re-elected as US president in November, pictures resurfaced from an edition of Shoot! magazine in November 1991, which sensationally claimed: ‘Billionaire tycoon Donald Trump once played six games in goal for Wolves’ youth team while his American Air Force father was based in the Midlands’.

It certainly sounded like a good story, although quite how talented a goalkeeper the Don would have made is unclear, considering his infamously tiny hands. He would have been pretty vulnerable on free-kicks, too, given his habit of only half-building a wall.

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