Sentence examples for the first ever player from inspiring English sources

Sangakkara, who became the first ever player to score four centuries at a World Cup, has previously suggested he will retire from ODI cricket at the end of the tournament.

In the same season, Omar Sivori became the first ever player at the club to win the European Footballer of the Year.

Another landmark was his 25,000th point, making him the first ever player to score these many points: he gave the ball to his team physician Dr. Stan Lorber.

His form hasn't been Hollywood spectacular, but his tenacity, decency and the fact that he was the first ever player to get a retrospective ban for diving surely cements his position in this list, and football folklore forever.

Sidelined is putting it lightly, as the injury and complications from surgery caused a bone in his foot to die (avascular necrosis), but he became the first ever player to bounce back from such an injury.

Clifton was the first ever black player signed to a professional contract in the N.B.A. Before he joined the Knicks, he was a Harlem Globetrotter and a great player in his own right.

Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry has backed Ding Junhui to become the first ever Chinese player to win the world title.

He was the first ever Exeter player to score a try in the top flight when he touched down after four minutes against Gloucester on the opening day of the 2010-11 season.

Makaafi, who will miss the games away at London Welsh and at home to London Scottish, rejoined Jersey last summer having previously been the first ever professional player at the club.

Fernández also became the first ever international player to participate in the contest.

On 7 October 1967, in the 1 1 draw with Nottingham Forest, he became the first ever Burnley player to score after coming on as a substitute, after replacing Martin Dobson.