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Bruce David Grobbelaar (born 6 October 1957) is a Zimbabwean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most prominently for English team Liverpool between 1981 and 1994, and for the Zimbabwean national team.
Grobbelaar is a common Afrikaans surname, derived from the German Grobler. It may refer to: Bruce Grobbelaar (born 1957), Zimbabwean football player; Madelaine Grobbelaar Petsch (born 1994), American actress; General Pieter Grobbelaar (1908–1988), South African military commander
The match was held on 18 August 1984 and was won 1–0 by Everton after an own goal from Bruce Grobbelaar. Graeme Sharp was straight in on goal and tried to round Grobbelaar, but the ball was blocked on the line by Alan Hansen and ricocheted straight at the shins of Grobbelaar and back into the net.
[6] [7] Following this, the country passed a law that people who held British passports would not be permitted to hold a Zimbabwean passport, which mean that players such as goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar, who is considered to be Zimbabwe's greatest goalkeeper, [8] were not selected for the national team for 10 years. [9]
The 1988 FA Cup final was the 107th final of the FA Cup.It took place on Saturday 14 May 1988 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between Wimbledon and Liverpool, the dominant English club side of the 1980s and newly crowned league champions.
In Zimbabwe, players from Highlanders who have played at the highest level of professional football in the world include players like Peter Ndlovu, Bruce Grobelaar, and Benjamin Nkonjera. Highlanders is the second-most supported club in Zimbabwe with over 5 million supporters, after Dynamos who have over 7 million supporters.
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Black Aces coaches Bob Lines and Mitch Khan recruited him from there, and he was allowed to play for the club on Sundays. He was known as "Piri Piri" to his fans; manager Bruce Grobbelaar called him "the Apache Warrior" owing to his Native American ancestry. He joined Chibuku Shumba straight after leaving school in 1972, and after its demise ...