Seventeen-year-old Dick Pym was working as a Topsham fisherman when he was spotted by Exeter City FC. He was transferred to Bolton Wanderers for a record-breaking fee, capped three times for England, and kept goal in three FA Cup Finals including the iconic ‘White Horse Final’, the first to be played at Wembley. His amazing life story reveals the modest family man behind the football hero.
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