Clyde Best

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Bermudian footballer association football player human

Clyde Best is a Bermudian former professional footballer best known as one of the first black players to star in England’s top division with West Ham United in the late 1960s and 1970s.

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Label Occurrences
Clyde Best canonical 1
Clyde Cyril Best 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bermudian footballer ⓘ
association football player ⓘ
human ⓘ
authorOf The Acid Test: An Autobiography ⓘ
awardReceived MBE ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Bermuda
dateOfBirth 1951-02-24 ⓘ
describedBySource Bermuda Football Association records ⓘ
West Ham United club histories ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Caribbean ⓘ
familyName Best ⓘ
fullName Clyde Best self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Clyde Cyril Best
genre sports autobiography ⓘ
givenName Clyde ⓘ
hasHonor Member of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
league Football League First Division ⓘ
surface form: English First Division

North American Soccer League (1968–1984) ⓘ
surface form: North American Soccer League
memberOfSportsTeam Bermuda national football team ⓘ
Feyenoord ⓘ
Portland Timbers ⓘ
Tampa Bay Rowdies ⓘ
Toronto Blizzard ⓘ
West Ham United F.C. ⓘ
notableAchievement pioneer black player in English top-flight football ⓘ
successful spell with West Ham United in late 1960s and 1970s ⓘ
notableWork being one of the first black players to star in England’s top division ⓘ
occupation football manager ⓘ
professional footballer ⓘ
participantIn English First Division seasons with West Ham United ⓘ
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) ⓘ
surface form: North American Soccer League seasons
placeOfBirth Southampton Parish, Bermuda ⓘ
surface form: Somerset, Bermuda
playedFor Bermuda national football team ⓘ
Feyenoord ⓘ
Portland Timbers ⓘ
Tampa Bay Rowdies ⓘ
Toronto Blizzard ⓘ
West Ham United F.C. ⓘ
positionPlayed forward ⓘ
striker ⓘ
residence Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Bermuda
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
startTime West Ham United F.C. senior debut in 1968 ⓘ

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Best → hasNotableBearer → Clyde Best ⓘ
Clyde Best → fullName → Clyde Best self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clyde Cyril Best