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I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind.

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Alex Ferguson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Manager
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
Remember
Ground
Firsts
Piece
First
Saws
Spaniel
Time
Paper
Spaniels
Like
Wind
Floated
Pieces
Alex
United
Chasing
Inspirational
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