Gary Mabbutt

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Gary Mabbutt
Personal information
Full name Gary Mabbutt
Date of birth August 23, 1961 (age 45)
Place of birth    Bristol, England
Height 5'10"
Playing position Defender
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1979-1982
1982-1998		 Bristol Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur		 131 (10)
482 (27)   
National team2
1982-1992 England 16 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 24/12/2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 24/12/2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Gary Mabbutt MBE (born 23 August 1961 in Bristol) is an English former professional football player. Nicknamed "Salty Leonard", he was most regularly seen in central defence but was a versatile player who excelled also in midfield. In 1991 he appeared in a Comic Relief Special as a special one-time-only member of "Scouts in Skirts", playing drums.

He became one of the best known defenders in English football in the 1980s, playing initially for Bristol Rovers before joining the first division club Tottenham Hotspur, where he became captain and won 16 caps for England, and scored one goal for England against Yugoslavia in 1986.

Mabbutt also has diabetes, and became an icon for many children with the condition. He famously appeared on the BBC's children's television programme Blue Peter where he demonstrated injecting insulin into an orange to show how he dealt with his condition on a daily basis.

Another CBBC appearance came in the drama series The Queen's Nose, an adaptation of the book by Dick King-Smith. Mabbutt appeared in a cameo as himself, appearing in the nick of time to help save a children's football team from defeat.

With Spurs, he won the UEFA Cup in 1984 and the FA Cup in 1991. He retired at the age of 37 and now appears occasionally as a media pundit. He remains famous in Coventry where the unofficial Coventry City fanzine is named Gary Mabbutt's Knee, following his own goal which gave them victory in the 1987 FA Cup Final.

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