Geoff Thomas (footballer, born 1964)
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Geoff Thomas (born August 5, 1964) is a former English footballer who captained Crystal Palace to the F.A Cup final in 1990, where they drew 3-3 with Manchester United at Wembley before losing 1-0 in the replay. He later turned out for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest and finally Barnsley. He was also capped by the England team several times at the turn of the 1990's.
Thomas, a former leukaemia sufferer, won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award in 2005 after he raised over £150,000 for the Leukaemia Research charity by cycling 2,200 miles in 21 days, completing all 21 stages of the Tour de France.