Complex sentence: Encountering the desperate circumstances in which many former players lived, Pullin was moved to campaign on their behalf: when investigating the whereabouts of John Thewlis, Pullin was told "Think dead; if not, Manchester".
Split into simpler sentences: Encountering the desperate circumstances in which many former players lived, Pullin was moved to campaign on their behalf. When investigating the whereabouts of John Thewlis, Pullin was told "Think dead; if not, Manchester".