Mannion was a great player born in an era when footballing talent was not well rewarded. He lived in poverty for much of his life. As a player, he was blessed with a fine footballing brain and quicksilver feet. As Tom Finney said, "Wilf Mannion was a class-act, the inside-forward I rated as my perfect partner on the left-flank." He was an inside forward of some standing for England and Middlesbrough and Hulls' finest ever player.
For: A footballing brain with equally gifted feet attached
Against: Didn't win much
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