Denis Law set to receive Freedom of Aberdeen
The 77-year-old was brought up here
Last updated 10th Mar 2017
Scotland football legend Denis Law is set to receive the Freedom of Aberdeen award.
The 77-year-old Manchester United legend was brought up here, but never actually played for the Dons.
A motion will go before Aberdeen City Council on Wednesday 15 March 2017.
The motion states:
“That this Council confer the Freedom of the City upon Denis Law CBE in recognition of his outstanding career as a world renowned footballer, his dedication to charitable endeavour, and his commitment to community sport in Aberdeen.”
The motion has been signed by 29 members of the Council including the Lord Provost and the Leader of the Council.
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 states that “A local authority may, by resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of the members voting thereon at a meeting of the authority the notice of which specifies the proposed admission as an item of business, admit to be honorary freemen of their area persons of distinction and any persons who have rendered eminent service to their area.”
The Freedom of the City is the highest award the City Council can bestow. The most recent recipients were Scotland the What? (2008), The Highlanders, 4th Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland (2006), Professor John Mallard OBE (2004) and Sir Alex Ferguson CBE (1999).