Albert Johanneson - (Player Details)

Albert Johanneson: # 33 MOT 100 Greatest LUFC Players Ever

Albert Johanneson (1961-1970)

A member of Don Revie's great Leeds side, was seen as something of a "novelty player", but still mesmerised opposing teams with his dancing runs down the wing. He was the first black player to appear in an F.A. Cup Final, in 1965 against Liverpool, but in most games he was the victim of deliberate and dangerous fouling by desperate defenders. His resulting injuries led to a lack of confidence and the emergence of Eddie Gray meant he struggled to fulfill his potential, before leaving Leeds in 1970 and moving on to York. After two years there he retired into obscurity, suffering health and alcohol problems and in 1995 died alone, aged 53, in a Gledhow bedsit, in Leeds.