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Geoffrey Boycott

Geoffrey Boycott is known for cricket player of England. Geoffrey Boycott's nationality is British. Geoffrey Boycott was born on 21 October 1940.

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Who is Geoffrey Boycott?

Geoffrey Boycott is best known for cricket player of England. Geoffrey Boycott is a British public figure. Geoffrey Boycott was born on 21 October 1940, which places Geoffrey Boycott among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1940s. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Geoffrey Boycott is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

Facts

Known for: cricket player of England
Nationality: British
Born: 21 October 1940

About Geoffrey Boycott

In a prolific and sometimes controversial playing career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of England's most successful opening batsmen. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup. Boycott made his international debut in a 1964 Test match against Australia. He was known for his ability to occupy the crease and became a key feature of England's Test batting line-up for many years, although he was less successful in his limited One Day International appearances. He was never highly popular among his peers, and journalist Ian Wooldridge commented of him that "Boycott, in short, walks alone", while cricket writer John Arlott wrote that Boycott had a "lonely" career. After 108 Test match appearances for England, Boycott's international career ended in 1982 when he was the leading Test run scorer with more than 8,000 Test match runs, which led to his appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to cricket. When dropped from the Yorkshire team in 1986 he was the leading run scorer in first-class cricket. After his playing career had ended Boycott became an often-outspoken and controversial cricket commentator on radio and television, never slow to criticise modern players' techniques.

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Geoffrey Boycott is known for cricket player of England.

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Geoffrey Boycott was born on 21 October 1940.

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Geoffrey Boycott's nationality is British.

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