Multi-talented!but was the ‘cream’ of but old denis of the crop!

With a nation going football crazy, Derek Pringle looks at the stars who excelled in both our summer and winter sports

Switching sports: The great Denis Compton played for both Middlesex and Arsenal

News of Joe Hart donning his whites for a game in the Birmingham and District Premier League last weekend recalled a time when many sportsmen, as well as the odd sportswoman, would spend summer wielding the willow and winter hoofing a football.
Hart, who missed out on selection for England’s World Cup squad in Russia, played for Shrewsbury against Knowle and Dorridge. In a game wh...

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