Rest In Peace, Denis Law



Club President Urbano Cairo and the entire Torino Football Club remembers with emotion and affection Denis Law, former Granata player in the 1961/62 season, an absolute champion, Golden Ball winner in 1964.

An iconic figure in the Granata History: the day spent together in the Centenary of Toro, December 3, 2006, was unforgettable.
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Not just a great goalscorer, but a terrific footballer as well.
Always came over as quite a humble man. Definitely broke his heart when he scored 'that' goal for city, walked off the pitch and never played again I believe.
What a team 'heaven' now has.
RIP Denis.
 
RIP

My wife has the same mixed Dementia of Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia so I know first hand that his torment is over. Dementia is often called ‘the long goodbye’ because the loved ones suffer anticipatory grief as the person with dementia disappears before their eyes. So, sadness because of the physical death of a great person, but happiness because of the knowledge that the loved one is no longer suffering.
 
Absolute legend. What a sad day for us...
Now the trio is reunited up there!
 
RIP Denis, the King of the Stretford End. I’ll be giving you an extra shout there on Sunday. A lovely bloke and a truly great player.
 
Wonderful bloke and always played with a smile. I’m not old enough to have ever of seen him play but he was my father’s favourite player ever, always described as a lethal finisher. Rest in peace.
 
Was looking at his achievements and wondering if we’d ever see a player match some of his records- 30 goals in 30 league games and 46 goals for one season. I think Ruud and Ronaldo have come close but no one has beaten the King.
 
My dad’s favourite player of all of them. He told me all about him when I was a kid.

Sad day.
 
Great player, great bloke, I delivered a skip to his house once and knocked part of his garden wall down, he was as sound as a pound, he said don’t worry about it.if you don”t say out I won’t” rest in peace the King.
 
Redasaredthing said:
RIP

My wife has the same mixed Dementia of Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia so I know first hand that his torment is over. Dementia is often called ‘the long goodbye’ because the loved ones suffer anticipatory grief as the person with dementia disappears before their eyes. So, sadness because of the physical death of a great person, but happiness because of the knowledge that the loved one is no longer suffering.
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It’s absolutely horrible that this is the only logical way of viewing it. People with neurodegenerative disease don’t just die once, they die over and over again, as each fundamental part of them is lost, bit by bit. I can’t imagine how traumatic it must be for the families to watch this happen in real time. Sorry you are going through this, man.
 
Growing up every striker who kicked a ball was given the "Yeah but he's no Denis Law" treatment by my great Uncle who absolutely idolised him. Unfortunately they ended up suffering from the same bastard of an illness.
 
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