Have any players been part of World Cup-winning and Oscar-winning teams?

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“Watching the successful Oscar-bait pic The Theory Of Everything,” writes James Tong last week, hopefully after having left the cinema. “I was surprised to see World Cup winning defender Frank Leboeuf make a short cameo. As the film received a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards, could he be the first footballer to have been part of World Cup winning and Oscar winning teams? Have any other footballers been part of Oscar winning films?”

Eddie Redmayne has received the bulk of the praise for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything but it’s a shame that Leboeuf’s role as “Swiss Doctor” has been so overshadowed. The former Chelsea defender even features in the trailer:

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