By Chris Wright
Woke up feeling decidedly ‘irie’, and as such felt compelled to put together a ten-strong gallery of Robert Nesta Marley indulging in his first love…
Marley practices his kick-ups after a match in Paris against a team of French celebrities was cancelled due to bad weather, 1977
Marley has a backstage kick-about with rest of The Wailers, 1976
Bob Marley and the Wailers play football at an empty stadium in Brussels while waiting to sound-check before kicking off the Belgian leg of the Exodus Tour, 1977
Marley relaxes with a soda after playing a game alongside Paolo Cesar Caju (a member of Brazil’s 1970 World Cup squad) at Brazilian musician Chico Buarque’s private pitch in Rio, 1980
Marley pulls on a ‘Pele 10’ Santos shirt during a visit to the Brazilian club’s stadium in Rio, 1980
Marley plays football with the ‘Am/Jam’ Team (America and Jamaica) against Haiti in Miami, September 1980 – he was diagnosed with cancer two days later and died in May the following year
Bonus footage of Marley in action…
[Photos: Corbis]