Alan Anthony Hudson was born on 21 June 1951 and is an English former footballer who played for Arsenal, Chelsea, Stoke City and the Seattle Sounders as well as the England national football team.
20 Facts About Alan Hudson
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Alan Hudson found himself in a Chelsea side noted for its flair and skill, complete with equally flamboyant footballers such as Peter Osgood and Charlie Cooke.
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Alan Hudson did play a major role in Chelsea's replayed European Cup Winners' Cup final win against Real Madrid in Athens a year later.
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Alan Hudson was enjoying the form of his career at Stoke and in his first two years at the Victoria Ground he missed only one game out of 162, and helped Stoke set a club record 23 home games undefeated from December 1973 to December 1974.
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Alan Hudson returned briefly to Chelsea on a non-contract basis when John Neal signed him in August 1983.
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Alan Hudson played for the Chelsea Reserves but partly due to illness and injury he never played in the first-team.
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Alan Hudson initially made his debut against Scotland U23 at Roker Park on 4 March 1970, but the game was abandoned due to snow after 62 minutes.
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Alan Hudson was called up as a late replacement by Ron Greenwood in 1978 for a match against Brazil.
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Alan Hudson refused to join up as he was not in the original squad.
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Alan Hudson's son, Anthony, is a former professional footballer and manager.
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Alan Hudson had problems with alcoholism and was declared bankrupt.
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In December 1997, Alan Hudson suffered multiple injuries when run over by a car while walking along a London street.
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Alan Hudson spent two months in a coma and the doctors treating him were concerned as to whether he would walk again.
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Alan Hudson has since undergone more than 70 surgical operations.
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Alan Hudson remains disabled, using crutches to walk and says "Every day now is a chore".
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Alan Hudson separated from his wife and moved back to live with his mother, but was eventually requested by the council to leave her council property when she died in 2003.
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Alan Hudson subsequently resided briefly in a hostel for the homeless.
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Alan Hudson's autobiography The Working Man's Ballet was a critical success and led to work as a columnist on the Stoke Evening Sentinel and The Sporting Life.
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In 2004 Alan Hudson appeared as himself in a cameo appearance in the British film The Football Factory.
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In December 2012 Alan Hudson said that he believed that his accident was actually a deliberate attempt on his life.