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Article: RED HOT SUMMER; Three kings crown great year for Brits.(Sport)
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- Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Byline: By HARRY NOBLE
WHATEVER happens in the next 95 years, when sports historians come to review the first century of a new millennium, the summer of 2005 will shine.
It may even become known as the summer when three men of vastly different backgrounds but similar passion and commitment transformed British sport.
Take a bow Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, Olympic bid chief Sebastian Coe and cricket all-rounder - and drinking legend - Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.
Rarely can three sportsmen have conspired within the space of a few ...