Born on this day in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland is former Sunderland goalkeeper Trevor Carson.
His uncle was the popular Irish comedian Frank Carson. There is a story that before becoming a comedian on the northern workingmen’s club circuit, that Frank was poor at his job as an electrician, once cutting off a large amount of Belfast’s electricity after severing an important cable. Shortly afterwards, he fared no better as a plasterer, but he avoided the sack due to his natural ability to make people laugh. His employers realised the lads worked harder when Frank was around.