| Lee Hughes In 2004, former West Brom striker Lee Hughes was sentenced to six years in prison for causing the death of a person as a result of reckless driving | Hughes spent three years in prison and returned to the stadiums again in 2007 from the gates of Oldham Athletic, and transferred between several British clubs until his retirement in 2020 |
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| While in custody, Juventus made a bizarre decision to sign Paolo Rossi in 1981 in a record deal at the time, and Enzo Birzot, former Italy coach, went in an even more bizarre direction, in including him on the Italian squad in the 1982 World Cup | Duncan Ferguson Duncan Ferguson The former striker, Duncan Ferguson, was known to play in a violent manner, and when he was a player in the ranks of Rangers, he dealt a violent head blow to a player from Reith Rovers in the Scottish League in 1994, and he was sentenced to three months in prison, becoming the first football player to be imprisoned for a mistake he committed on the field |
Tony Adams In 1990, Arsenal legend Tony Adams was sentenced to four months in prison, after his car collided with a wall while driving while drunk, and was released from prison in early 1991, after serving half the time.
| After his release from prison, Ferguson moved to Everton and left in 1998 for Newcastle United, then he returned to Tovets in 2000 until he retired from his ranks in 2006 | |
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