Well Billy Wright, was the England captain during the post war years, who played in the old fashioned centre-half position 105 times. He was also a stalwart at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Billy married one of the Beverley Sisters (who??- this was an all girl singing group who were stars of stage and screen) and was lucky enough to be on the Hawthorns pitch when Norma took the kick off to start the benefit match for goalkeeper Norman Heath. Norman had sustained neck and back injuries in a Baggies match against Sunderland and never played again, being confined to a wheelchair.
Norma probably did not play after this again either; well not football at least. Here she is with Arthur Askey (with whom she often appeared on stage-who is the other bloke?)
Where is this all going? Well Norma Sykes, also known as Sabrina, who like Billy's wife, was a well known blonde star of stage and screen, aided by her worldly assets.
This was the time of glamour blondes like Marilyn Monroe, Diana Dors and the like, taking the limelight and appearing in glossy magazines.
Sabrina certainly did take the limelight at the Hawthorns when she turned up on the pitch in a pink car, drove a circuit and then took the ceremonial kick off, watched by Albion skipper, Len Millard and Billy Wright. A right pair of strikers!
This link from a while back involves Sabrina as well.
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