Talk:Stan Burton
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Deafness?
[edit]Hi, I'm putting this here in case anyone else has a reference for it. I'll do some searching when next in Donny. Someone on the Donny forum posted this about why Stan was called Dizzie:
- He was apparently stone deaf and therefore could not play to the whistle as he could not hear it. He would often be racing down the wing when the whistle went.
- To offset this all players includuing the opposition were asked to stand perfectly still when the whistle was blown, Dizzie would see this and be able to stop.
Pure gold info, but he has it from word of mouth from his dad. Cjwilky (talk) 15:56, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
- I've added what there is on him in the West Ham Who's Who book. Nothing there on his deafness but it sounds an interesting story/fact.--Egghead06 (talk) 21:48, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
- I confirmed the deafness, though unsure exactly how deaf he was. If he was deaf then he wouldn't be able to play to the whistle so easily, but I'm not sure about the other players standing still part yet. Cjwilky (talk) 16:15, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
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