Soccer legend Bert marks 90th birthday
Monday 1st February 2010, 4:02PM GMT.
Bert Williams cuts his 90th birthday cake at the Molineux. He is seated next to Gordon Banks.
Shropshire’s former Wolves and England goalkeeper Bert Williams received more than 300 cards from well-wishers around the world for his 90th birthday, a close friend has revealed.
Gordon Tonkinson said Bert, from Shifnal, had received cards from as far afield as Brazil and Argentina ahead of his big day, which was marked with a lunch party at Molineux yesterday attended by scores of football stars past and present.
Mr Tonkinson said: “He had one card from Brazil that had been marked on the front simply ‘Bert Williams, England’ and it managed to get to him.
“I went round for a cup of tea with him last night to take his card and he was really chuffed with the party.”
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