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a true Sunderland legend whose legacy will endure
On Wearside Charlie Hurley is one of three things: Your favourite player, your parents' favourite player or your grandparents' favourite player. Such was the reverence he inspired, even those of us of a generation not fortunate enough to witness it can in our mind's eye picture him playing. To be Sunderland is to know the legend of The King. The towering centre-half, indomitable in the air. The elegance on the ball and the growing din of Roker Park as he headed forward for a corner. Football...