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Jetée · 06-11-2010, 03:50 AM

Here are some great pictures of Bob Marley playing soccer

I have always been fascinated by Bob Marley’s love of football, or as we say in America– 'soccer'.
The many images that captured his playing in formal games, or just juggling the ball, show a
different side of the natty dread who would burn up the stage all over Europe in the 1970s.
We see a person focused yet loose, an athlete who truly had a passion for the game, and a
man totally at ease with himself. By all reports he was quite skilled with the ball, and
could pass and score with equal proficiency.

It’s a fairly well-known fact among Bob Marley’s fans that he died of cancer, which began as skin
cancer on his foot but later spread to his lungs and brain. Oddly enough Marley first discovered
that something was wrong in 1977 when he injured his foot while playing soccer with some friends.
The wound seemed pretty extreme for a simple soccer injury, and when it got worse instead of
healing, he decided to see a doctor. Marley was diagnosed with melanoma, and sadly, Marley died
at the young age of 36; but obviously his legacy and music will live on forever.

[theselvedgeyard.] + [uncoached.]

06-11-2010, 03:50 AM	#121 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Here are some great pictures of Bob Marley playing soccer I have always been fascinated by Bob Marley’s love of football, or as we say in America– 'soccer'. The many images that captured his playing in formal games, or just juggling the ball, show a different side of the natty dread who would burn up the stage all over Europe in the 1970s. We see a person focused yet loose, an athlete who truly had a passion for the game, and a man totally at ease with himself. By all reports he was quite skilled with the ball, and could pass and score with equal proficiency. It’s a fairly well-known fact among Bob Marley’s fans that he died of cancer, which began as skin cancer on his foot but later spread to his lungs and brain. Oddly enough Marley first discovered that something was wrong in 1977 when he injured his foot while playing soccer with some friends. The wound seemed pretty extreme for a simple soccer injury, and when it got worse instead of healing, he decided to see a doctor. Marley was diagnosed with melanoma, and sadly, Marley died at the young age of 36; but obviously his legacy and music will live on forever. [theselvedgeyard.] + [uncoached.] __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi Last edited by Jetée; 06-11-2010 at 03:55 AM..