Denis Law: a life in pictures
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From humble beginnings in Aberdeen, Denis Law rose to become one of Manchester United’s ‘holy trinity’ and won the Ballon d’Or. Paul Bellsham. Fri 17 Jan 2025 20.30 GMT Last modified on Fri 17 Jan 2025 20.33 GMT.
![[A bespectacled Denis Law in the Aberdeen juniors team line up]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/18f306fc0e07027ead2e623ed1d925686f178b95/0_0_3858_3025/master/3858.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f77c03c76baaddb615358e9141e0bd30)
Photograph: Mirrorpix/Alamy. Photograph: Don Morley/Getty Images. Photograph: ANL/Shutterstock. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy. Photograph: Trinity Mirror/Alamy. Photograph: Topham. Photograph: Mirrorpix/Getty Images. Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images. Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images.
![[Denis Law, covered in mud , sits and smiles in the Huddersfield changing room]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/26410212292b2bfd6b1c8231784551a4e601886e/0_0_2453_2401/master/2453.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=09ed08a8824689a94cb3e5ec7eb49cdf)
Photograph: Colorsport/Shutterstock. Photograph: Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy. Photograph: PA Photos/PA. Photograph: Granger/Shutterstock. Photograph: PA. Photograph: Harry Ormesher/Popperfoto/Bob Thomas Sports Photography/Getty Images. Photograph: Paul Cooper/Shutterstock.
![[Denis Law sings with his arm around landlady Ethel Sobey. Her husband Bill plays the piano.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/231a1f791b771e7ba6c1768b70b8797683de800a/0_0_3665_4650/master/3665.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4fffd0cebe0391bf9c82615fb0434ce7)
