TUKWILA, Wash. — Jimmy Gabriel told the best stories.
The Scottish international thrilled young soccer players on road trips as he recounted closing out a 1966 FA Cup win for his first professional club, English side Everton, by fending off defenders at Wembley Stadium. He'd pull out his false front tooth to show the result of a collision with a crossbar to amuse his three daughters at the kitchen table. And he'd charm Sounders FC supporters by contrasting the "American way" of cheering for players before they even kicked a ball unlike in England where it had to be painstakingly earned.
But Gabriel's most influential story is the one his brain chronicled.
