Soccer Star Yardis Alpolfo -- April Fool's Day 2003

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Soccer Star Yardis Alpolfo

Alex McLeish, manager of the Scottish Rangers Football Club, announced that he had signed Yardis Alpolfo, a seventeen-year-old Turkish player, to a £5 million deal. Many news organizations, including Reuters, reported the story as fact. Yardis Alpolfo was an anagram of "April Fool's Day."

April Fool's Day Categories: Sports, United Kingdom, Scotland, 2003, Loof Lirpa

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