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Chelsea legend Bobby Tambling: 'I asked the doctor to chop my leg off...' Blues 202-goal hero opens up about suffering from Martorell's ulcer

Bobby Tambling yanks up the hem of his trousers to reveal the leg he once asked a doctor to chop off.

A mass of scar tissue looks like damage from a late tackle by a shark.

Even for a footballer who trained with Ron 'Chopper' Harris on a daily basis in a golden era for hatchet-men, this is not normal.

Bobby Tambling made his name at Chelsea where he played for 11 years from 1959 to 1970
Bobby Tambling made his name at Chelsea where he played for 11 years from 1959 to 1970
Tambling is Chelsea's second highest goalscorer ever with 202 goals in 370 appearances
Tambling is Chelsea's second highest goalscorer ever with 202 goals in 370 appearances

'I couldn't walk,' says the man who scored 202 goals for Chelsea.