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Johnny King, Crewe and Stoke City footballer whose ‘banana’ kick bent it long before Beckham

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Johnny King was an early adopter of the banana’ kick made famous by the magician Didi at the 1954 World Cup .

With the outside of his sublime left foot he could bend the ball decades before David Beckham .

The inside forward also made his mark when he scored three goals in the course of one of the longest FA Cup ties ever played.

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