Esmond Million
{{short description|English footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Esmond Million
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|3|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ashington, England
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| position = Goalkeeper
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Amble Juniors
| years1 = 1956–1962 | clubs1 = Middlesbrough | caps1 = 52 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1962–1963 | clubs2 = Bristol Rovers | caps2 = 38 | goals2 = 0
| manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 =
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Esmond Million (born 15 March 1938){{Hugman|13649}} is a former football goalkeeper.
Playing career
Million played for Middlesbrough from 1956 to 1962.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/middlesbrough/middlesbrough.html|publisher=Neil Brown|title=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database: Middlesbrough|accessdate=10 December 2012}} He joined Bristol Rovers in 1962.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/bristolrovers/bristolrovers.html|publisher=Neil Brown|title=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database: Bristol Rovers|accessdate=10 December 2012}}
In April 1963, he took a £300 bribe to throw a match. The ploy failed and Million was exposed amid the 1964 British football match-fixing scandal.[http://www.wolvesheroes.com/2009/12/01/joness-horror-at-bribe-attempt/ Jones's Horror at Bribe Attempt] After having been banned from football for life,{{cite web|title=The worst scandal of them all|date=14 July 2006|first=Dan |last=Warren |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/5172576.stm |work=BBC Sport}} he emigrated with his family to Canada where he became active in professional ice hockey. He would eventually return to Britain and is now thought to be living in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.[https://archive.today/20131017061701/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Rovers-fiasco-exposed-bigger-scandal/story-19649315-detail/story.html%23axzz2huuesNJE Rovers fiasco exposed bigger scandal]
References
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Category:Middlesbrough F.C. players
Category:Bristol Rovers F.C. players
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Sportspeople involved in betting scandals
Category:Footballers from Ashington
Category:English Football League players
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