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  David Beckham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Beckham was born in Leytonstone, east London, the son of Ted Beckham, a kitchen fitter and Sandra West, hairdresser.
The abuse that Beckham was receiving from English supporters peaked during England's 3–2 defeat by Portugal in Euro 2000, when a group of England supporters taunted him throughout the match with chants including "we hope your kid dies of cancer".
England were eventually knocked out of the tournament by eventual winners Brazil in the quarter-finals.
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 David Beckham @ ManchesterUnited.co.uk
Beckham was born in Leytonstone, east London, the son of Ted Beckham (a kitchen fitter) and Sandra West (a hairdresser).
He was picked for their third match against Colombia, which England needed to win to ensure their progress in the tournament, and played well, scoring one of his trademark free kicks in a 2–0 victory.
England needed to win or draw the match in order to qualify for the World Cup, but were losing 2–1 with little time remaining.
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Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April, 1980) was a British film director closely associated with the suspense genre.
Alfred Hitchcock was born 13 August 1899 in Leytonstone, London, the second son and youngest of the three children of William Hitchcock, a greengrocer, and his wife, Emma Jane Hitchcock (nee Whelan).
In it, attractive blondes are strangled and the new lodger (Ivor Novello) in the Bunting family's upstairs apartment falls under heavy suspicion.
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 David Beckham biography, information, news, pics (pictures), links and products (sports: soccer)
Following England's poor performance in Euro 2000 (from which Beckham was one of the few players to emerge with credit) and later poor performances, the departure of Kevin Keegan as manager saw Beckham promoted to captain, initially under caretaker manager Peter Taylor and maintained by Sven-Göran Eriksson.
It was a cause of some controversy as the player that caused the injury was Argentinian and as England had already been drawn against them in the group stage the British Press speculated the injury was deliberate to 'hobble' England's star player.
As with his performance in 1998 Beckham was negatively compared with the rising stars of the England 2004 team Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard and in some sectors it was speculated that the revelations about his private life earlier that year contributed to a poor performance.
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 David Beckham Biography on Almondnet
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David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London.
He is a midfielder for Real Madrid and captain of the English national team.
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