sentences:  Arguably the finest Greek football player of his period, he was affectionately known as the "Blonde Eagle of AEK".Born in 1919 to Greek parents in Tuzla, near Istanbul, Maropoulos came to Greece with his family at age 3 during the population exchanges after the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).Having settled in Kalamata, at age 12 he joined the local football club Prasina Poulia, the "Green Birds".