The Lazio faithful of the 1970s nicknamed Giorgio Chinaglia "Long John", in reference to both his physical resemblance to John Charles and the fact they both began their journeys to Italian stardom in Swansea.
But in truth there can hardly have ever been a less fitting sobriquet in the history of football.

Charles earned the title of "il Gigante Buono" - The Gentle Giant - for his famously humble nature off the field and the fact that he was never once booked on it.

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