In English league play, he scored 113 goals in 170 matches for Leicester, Everton and Tottenham from 1983-92. Not bad for a guy who, before becoming a professional soccer player, often worked at his father’s fruit-and-vegetable market stall in his home city of Leicester. He scored 48 goals in 80 games for England, which places him fourth on the nation team’s all-time list, and was the leading scorer at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. He saved his best work for in front of the goal. “I never tackled anyone, that’s probably why,” Lineker said with a smile in a 2021 interview with the BBC.
And, somewhat remarkably, he never received a yellow or red card in his 16-year career. As a player, he was the ultimate penalty-box poacher - rarely did he attempt a shot from outside the area, never mind score from one.
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