Transfer (association football) to Derby County for £24,000 in March 1949. The record was broken seven further times between 1949 and 1961, when Luis Suárez was sold by Barcelona to Inter Milan for £152,000, becoming the first ever player sold for more than £100,000. In 1968, Pietro Anastasi became the first £500,000 player when Juventus purchased him from Varese, which was followed seven years later with Giuseppe Savoldi becoming the first million pound player when he transferred from Bologna to Napoli. In English football, the first £1 million fee occurred in 1979, when Nottingham Forest signed striker Trevor Francis from Birmingham City. Later
Albert Pound lumber business and who served in the United States House of Representatives and in the Wisconsin State Legislature. In 1879, Pound moved to Martinsdale, Montana Territory, and was in the sheep and real estate business. He was also in the mining business. In 1888, he moved to Missoula, Montana Territory, where he was involved with real estate. He died in Missoula, but is buried at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Albert Pound Albert E. Pound (June 2, 1831 - December 1913) was an American politician and businessman. Born in Warren County, Pennsylvania, he moved with his family