I've kinda followed Steven Gerrard's career as a soccer player in Liverpool, England. Liverpool is usually one of the best teams in one of the top soccer leagues in Europe. As a crowd before games, they sing a very uniting, humbling song, "You'll Never Walk Alone," which is my favorite anthem of any sports team.
He was basically their everything-man, their longest-tenured captain for 12 years, which in any professional sports is an eternity. He was an icon for not just English soccer, but all of soccer
http://www.espnfc.us/la-galaxy/story/2600743/steven-gerrard-thrilled-with-z-list-celebrity-status-in-la
The ESPN interview makes interesting points as they paruse through Venice Beach --- that's something a high-profile athlete here, ala Stephen Curry or Chris Paul, might not be able to do here, but might be able to get away with in a not-as-basketballed-up place like say, England.
A legend elsewhere can be relatively anonymous and enjoy the public spaces here and probably vice versa. I was heartened to learned that he has already taken in the LA experience of...rush hour traffic and road rage.
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