Bruce Bannister

Bruce Ian Bannister (born 14 April 1947) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a striker, and is also a businessperson in sports shoe and apparel sales and distribution.

Born in Bradford, Bannister played for Leeds United, Bradford City, Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Hull City and USL Dunkerque.

[1][2][3][4] At Bradford City, he was known for scoring a "wonder goal" in 1968, an overhead kick.

[5] While at Bristol Rovers, Bannister and teammate Alan Warboys developed the 'Smash and Grab' method of football.

[7] The business was later taken over by Bannister's son Brett, and became an exclusively online and mail order operation.