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Ponietz

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1. This person embodied the best and the worst of human potential

Reply to sandensea (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2020, 12:52 PM

Nov 2020

In four minutes against England in 1986, he scored both the greatest, and the most notoriously ‘underhanded’ goals in soccer history. The remainder of his life seems an elaboration on that theme.
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Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, dies aged 60 [View all] sandensea Nov 2020 OP

This person embodied the best and the worst of human potential Ponietz Nov 2020 #1

Well said. sandensea Nov 2020 #2

May he rest in peace, he's earned it. Judi Lynn Nov 2020 #3

May he indeed. Peace was always elusive to him, as adamant and erratic as he could often be sandensea Nov 2020 #4

There's no doubt Maradona would have been deeply touched if he could have seen these people. Judi Lynn Nov 2020 #5

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