Ian Botham

Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Botham was born in Heswall on the Wirral, to Herbert Leslie Botham and Violet Marie, ne Collett . Both his parents played cricket. He went to Milford Junior School in Yeovil, Somerset, where his love affair with sport began, and played for Somerset Under15s. He left Bucklers Mead Comprehensive School at the age of 15, intent on playing cricket for the Somerset County Cricket Club, although he also had an offer to play football for Crystal Palace F.C. From an early age he was always singleminded. When informed that Botham wanted to be a sportsman, the Careers Mistress at his school said to him, Fine, everyone wants to play sport, but what are you really going to do.

Source: Wikipedia