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Clenton Farquarson: Last to be Picked
Clenton Farquarson was born in Birmingham in 1964. He grew up in Birmingham and went to his local mainstream schools.
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Here Clenton describes being picked last in Sport.
https://howwasschool.allfie.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/last-picked.mp3
Transcript
I was always the last person to be picked in sport because – I didn’t realise, only till now that I’ve looked up, because of my coordination. I couldn’t catch a ball, and I couldn’t kick a ball because I didn’t know my left from my right, but nobody told me that.Explore more
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