Though he was born in New York, he grew up in Argentina with his American mother Grace, Danish father Viggo Sr, and younger brothers Walter and Charles.
Finally, I threw my television out of the window because Breaking Bad's Walter White is a drug-dealing psychopath, and the show's fans love him for it.
The 1985 Bears were bona fide pop cultural icons – punky QB Jim McMahon would join the show later that season ahead of Super Bowl while Walter Payton and Mike Ditka also made appearances – yet none came with the fanfare of Chicago's 335lb defensive tackle and occasional short-yardage runner.
He was the son of Walter Fielden, a painter and decorator, and Florence (nee Thomas), who worked at the mill in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, until her death from asthma when Roy was 17.
When play began, Root stood within 22 runs of emulating Walter Hammond, the only English batsman to make an Ashes double hundred at Lord's.
Back in 1945 as Germany collapsed to defeat, Fritz Walter and his airforce base surrendered to the Americans.
Eight minutes later Fritz Walter slung in a corner, Grosics flapped, and Rahn, thundering in at the back post, slammed in West Germany's second.
"Wonderbra" Beattie liked tits'n'bums; Abbott preferred Walter Bagehot.
But he was no more inspirational than Fritz Walter.
By the time the international team stopped, after a 5-2 win against Slovakia, Walter, still chiefly a centre-forward (as his younger brother Otmar would become), had missed only a couple of games, and scored another 19 goals.
Walter pulled the strings to formidable effect; no fewer than four of the Germans' half dozen goals came from set pieces, and he coolly scored twice from the penalty spot.
