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George Best
Born: Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 22, 1946
 Died: November 25, 2005
Clubs: Manchester United 1963-74, Jewish Guild 1974, Dunstable Town 1974, Stockport County 1975, Cork Celtic 1975-76, Fulham 1976-78, Hibernian 1979-81, Sea Bee 1982, Hong Kong Rangers 1982, Bournmouthe 1983, Brisbane Lions 1983, Osborne Park Galeb 1983, Nuneaton Burough 1983, Tobermore United 1984
National Team: Northern Ireland 1964-1977
Aztecs 77 Head George Best
Thanks Jan Reinertsen		 Team League Year Num P Gms Goals Asts Pts Citizen
Los Angeles Aztecs NASL 76 11 F 23 15 7 37 N. Ireland
Los Angeles Aztecs NASL 77 11 F 20 11 18 40 N. Ireland
Los Angeles Aztecs NASL 78 11 F 12 1 0 2 N. Ireland
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers NASL 78 3 F 9 4 1 9 N. Ireland
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers NASL 79 3 F 19 2 7 11 N. Ireland
San Jose Earthquakes NASL 80 11 F 26 8 11 27 N. Ireland
San Jose Earthquakes Indoor NASL 80-81 11 F 16 25 27 77 N. Ireland
San Jose Earthquakes NASL 81 11 F 30 13 10 36 N. Ireland
San Jose Earthquakes Indoor NASL 81-82 11 F 5 8 15 31 N. Ireland
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
Northern Ireland 1971
     

George Best (L), Gordon Banks (R)
Northern Ireland vs. England		    
Los Angeles Aztecs 1976 Home Numbers Above Stripes
     
NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Home George Best (4)                                                                   

   
Los Angeles Aztecs 1976 Home Numbers Through Stripes
     
NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Home George Best  
Bobby Moore (6), George Best (12)
San Antonio Thunder at Los Angeles Aztecs
Los Angeles Aztecs 1976 Road
     
NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Road George Best (4)
 NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Road Back George Best Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Road Team 3
   
Los Angeles Aztecs 1976 Road
     
NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Road George Best, cooke, McAlinden   This picture is from '76.   The players  are wearing the '75 jerseys.  It is unclear if this is just an early season photo opportunity.  All the '76 Aztecs wearing '74 jerseys pictures seem to be taken at the same time with Elton John in many of the pictures.  There are no people in the stands.  Need more research to verify whether these jerseys were actually worn in '76.
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Home
     
NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 77 Home George Best 2  NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 77 Home Back George Best Timbers Clyde Best 
John McGrane (18), Des Backos (6), Steve David (7), George Best (11), Charlie Cooke (5)
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Road
     

Rodney Marsh (10), George Best (11)
Los Angeles Aztecs at Tampa Bay Rowdies
Thanks http://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/ 		  NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 77 Road George Best

   
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Road Big Number Variation
 
NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 77 Road George Best  

   
Los Angeles Aztecs 1978 Home
     
  Aztecs 78 Home Suhnholz, Best, Cosmos
NASL New York Cosmos at Los Angeles Aztecs
Terry Garbett (14), Wolfgang Suhnholz (10), Werner Roth (4),
Erol Yasin (G), George Best (11)
Photo by Tim Considine
Steve David (7), George Best (11)
Los Angeles Aztecs 1978 Road
     
     
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1978 Home
     
   
Strikers 78 Road George Best (2)
Al Trost (12), George Best (3), Joe Clarke (20)
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers at California Surf		 Strikers 78 Road George Best, Rowdies.jpg
Tampa Bay Rowdies at Ft. Lauderdale Strikers
George Best (3), Mirandinha (26)
Thanks Jan Reinertsen



In the series of photos, you can see the disintegration of George's jersey.  In the last picture, the Strikers logo has completely worn off
     
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1978 Road
     
NASL Soccer Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 78 Home George Best, Tea Men Dennis Wit,    
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1979 Home
NASL Soccer Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 79 Road Jersey George Best NASL Soccer Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 79 Road Jersey George Best Back  
NASL Soccer Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 79 Road George Best NASL Soccer Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 79 Road Back George Best 2 Strikers 79 Road Team
Thanks http://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/

Teofilo Cubillas (2), George Best (3), Guy Newman (25), Gerd Mueller (15)
Photo from http://www.soccernation.com		    
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1979 Road
     
NASL Soccer Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 79 Home Teofilo Cubillas, Best, Whittle  
Ken Fogarty (8), George Best (3), Terry Park (7)
Photo from http://naslmemories.blogspot.com/
San Jose Earthquakes 1980 Home

Steve David (7), Peter Lechermann (22), George Best (11)
California Surf at San Jose Earthquakes
George Best (11), Johan Cruyff (14)
San Jose Earthquakes at San Jose Earthquakes
NASL Soccer San Jose Earthquakes 80 Home George Best 2 - Copy  
George Best (11), Dave Huson (18), Bobby Thomson (2)
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Memphis Rogues
Thanks http://thememphisrogues.blogspot.com/
San Jose Earthquakes 1980 Road
     
     
San Jose Earthquakes 1980-81 Indoor Home
     
     

George Best (11), Alan Hudson (4), Jeff Stock (16)
San Jose Earthquakes at Seattle Sounders		    
San Jose Earthquakes 1980-81 Indoor Road
     
     
San Jose Earthquakes 1981 Home
NASL Soccer San Jose Earthquakes 80-81 Road Jersey George Best PW   
NASL Soccer San Jose Earthquakes 81 Road George Best (6)   NASL Soccer San Jose Earthquakes 81 Road Team
San Jose Earthquakes 1981 Home No Adidas Logo
     
NASL Soccer San Jose Earthquakes 81 Road George Best (3)                                              
San Jose Earthquakes 1981 Road
NASL Soccer San Jose Earthquakes 81 Home Jersey George Best Back  NASL Soccer San Jose Earthquakes 81 Home Jersey George Best Back.jpg   
     
San Jose Earthquakes 1981-82 Home Mesh
Quakes 80-81 Road George Best Sitting
This example of the mesh shirt is missing Adidas logo		                                            George Best can be seen wearing this jersey in the interview before the 1981 Boomers-Earthquakes game.

San Jose Earthquakes 1981-82 Indoor Home
   
Thanks Jan Reinertsen
                                              
San Jose Earthquakes 1981-82 Indoor Road