When Sir Matt Busby, the legendary Manchester United manager who led the club to glory in the 50s and 60s, was scouting a local game in the early 1950s, he was so impressed with young Sean Connery that he offered him a contract on the spot. "I really wanted to accept because I loved football," recalled Connery "but I decided to become an actor and it turned out to be one of my more intelligent moves."
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