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LONDON (Reuters) – English goalkeeper Gordon Banks died Tuesday at the age of 81, according to his former club, Stoke City.
The English club has published on its official Twitter account a statement denouncing the death of its former goalkeeper and star of England, first World Cup winner in 1966 in English history.
"We deeply regret the announcement of Banks' death last night," said the official statement, "We are saddened, but we will not forget the many wonderful memories that made us proud of him."
In the 1966 World Cup final, England defeated West Germany 4-2 and was known for its superb "media of the century" when the Brazilian legend Pele was seen forbidding to score goals in a corner of the 1970 World Cup.
Banks played 73 selections for England between 1963 and 1972, then about 250 games with Stoke. He retired at the age of 33, as a result of a car accident that cost him blind vision in the right eye.
He has twice won the English League Cup, the first with Leicester in 1964, the second with Stoke City in 1972, the 1966 World Cup and the bronze medal of the 1968 European Championship.
He was also chosen as one of the greatest goalkeepers of the twentieth century with the Soviets Lev Yashin and the Italian Dino Zoff.
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