Throughout the years, he has held clinics and various soccer events to help grow the sport. Davis saw soccer as a vehicle to help others and with that came a mission to fight pediatric cancer.
"It is to create awareness for pediatric cancer at Texas Children's Hospital through a 501-charity called The Curing Children's Cancer Fund," says Davis.
Author Tom Clare jumped at the opportunity to help out.
"Years ago I asked him," says Clare. "Glenn, is there anything I can do? I said, 'OK, why don't we try a dinner and I'll bring a big star out from the U.K. We'll have the dinner and the proceeds can go to The Curing Children's Cancer Fund.'"
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The big star at Friday's Sportsman Gala was Manchester United legend Alex Stepney.
"This is a man who played well over 550 matches for Manchester United," says Davis.
Stepney added, "It is wonderful to be thought about for what I have done 50 years after. To come here, to Houston, I just love it."
Tom Clare, one of the organizers, received some startling news last year that he had stage four stomach cancer.
"The initial prognosis said if I got to Christmas, I was lucky," said Clare. "But we did another PET scan and I got the best Christmas present going. The cancer in the pelvis, spleen and lungs had gone. The tumor around the aorta had gone."
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What a miracle.