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Gary Mabbutt

ギャリー・マバット　/　ぎゃりー・まばっと

Association football player from United Kingdom

August 23, 1961 (age 64)　・　Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom

Avon
association football player

My Take

What stays with me about Gary Mabbutt is not the 750-plus professional appearances or the 16 England caps, impressive as they are, but the fact he built all of it while managing type 1 diabetes from the age of 17. That changes how I read his 619 games for Tottenham. This was not just talent and longevity; it was relentless daily discipline against a body that could have ended things early. A Bristol-born one-club loyalist who earned an MBE, he embodies a quiet, durable kind of greatness that modern football rarely celebrates loudly enough. I find his story genuinely moving.

Overview

Gary Vincent Mabbutt (born 23 August 1961) is an English former footballer who made more than 750 professional appearances, first playing for Bristol Rovers and going on to play 619 games for Tottenham Hotspur, despite being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 17. During his career he also won 16 caps for the England national team.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Gary Mabbutt
Name (Japanese): ギャリー・マバット
Reading: ぎゃりー・まばっと
Born: August 23, 1961 (age 64)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Ox
Origin: Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: 177 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

Member of the Order of the British Empire

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%83%88

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