#SeanConnery was a passionate football fan and Scotland supporter. He portrayed #JamesBond in 7 films, earned an Oscar for "The Untouchables," won 3 Golden Globes and made nearly 80 films. But Connery nearly became a professional football player, so impressing Matt Busby in the

1960s that he was offered - and turned down - a #MUFC contract. “I realized that a top-class footballer could be over the hill by the age of 30, and I was already 23," Connery said. "I decided to become an actor and it turned out to be one of my more intelligent moves.”

#SeanConnery later worked closely with FIFA and its charity operations, and narrated the #WC1982 film, "G'olé!"