Denis Law - Personal Life

Personal Life

Since then, Law has often worked on radio and television summarising and presenting games.

He appeared as a special guest on the TV guest show This Is Your Life on 19 February 1975, months after retiring as a player.

As of July 2005, he is still married to Diana, and they still live in the Manchester area. They have five children, and their daughter, also called Diana.

Law was made an Inaugural Inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his impact on the English game.

On 23 February 2002, a statue of Law was unveiled at Old Trafford, in the part of the stadium known as the Stretford End. He had a successful operation to treat prostate cancer in November 2003 and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Aberdeen on 5 July 2005.

The emergence of Dutch international Dennis Bergkamp in the 1990s uncovered a story that the player's parents, who were fans of Manchester United in the 1960s, named their son after Law. However, Dutch authorities refused to recognise the name unless it was spelt with two n's as they felt it was otherwise too similar to the female name Denise.

On 25 November 2005, Law was at the bedside of former United team-mate George Best as he died of multiple organ failure.

In May 2008 at the Manchester City ground, Law (with UEFA President Michel Platini) presented the medals to the winners of the UEFA Cup, Zenit St. Petersburg, and their opponents, Scottish side Rangers.

In February 2010, Law was named as Patron of the UK based charity Football Aid, taking over from the late Sir Bobby Robson.