Former Premier League star Dean Windass earned £30,000-a-week at the peak of his football career, but was among those to have been declared bankrupt following retirement from the game.
Windass, now 56, had enjoyed an 18-year playing career and featured in each of English football's top four divisions.
The forward represented three different clubs in the Premier League, featuring for Bradford City, Middlesbrough and his hometown club Hull City.
His is best remembered for his stunning goal in Hull City's Championship play-off final triumph in 2008 which sent the Tigers into the Premier League for the first time.