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Ian Chadband

The great Bobby Charlton made history in Australia too

Sir Bobby Charlton's death has prompted an outpouring of tributes from around the globe - not least from Australia, where some still remember how the beloved English World Cup-winner ended his playing career there.

It may have been a postscript to one of football's stellar careers but the Manchester United legend ended up becoming the oldest men's player ever to feature in top-flight Australian football when he turned out for Sydney's Blacktown City back in 1980.

Charlton made the last appearance of his record-breaking career for United in 1973 - on the same day his World Cup-winning elder brother Jack also called it a day - but it was a good seven years later that he returned to grace Australian fields in Perth, Newcastle and Sydney, having already turned 40.

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