5 Premier League stars and their unique Guinness World Records that you didn't know about

Cesc Fabregas is the proud owner of not one but two Guinness World Records
Cesc Fabregas is the proud owner of not one but two Guinness World Records

#4 Theo Walcott - Highest altitude football dropped and controlled

Theo Walcott earned a place for himself in the 2017 edition of GWR.
Theo Walcott earned a place for himself in the 2017 edition of GWR.

Former Arsenal forward Theo Walcott has some astonishing records to his name. He remains the youngest player ever to play for England senior team (17 years, 75 days) and he is the youngest player ever to score a hat-trick for the Three Lions (19 years, 177 days).

But, those records didn't earn him a place in the Guinness World Records. His wait for a GWR entry was finally over on 1 December 2016, when he became the record holder for the highest altitude football dropped and controlled.

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The England international beat his former teammates Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal and Francis Coquelin with a successful attempt from an incredible height of 34 metres during an event organized by internet betting exchange firm Betfair, to feature in the 2017 edition of the best-selling copyrighted book of all time.

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