Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks, OBE (born Sheffield, England, 30th December, 1937) is a former English footballer, considered by many to be the best goalkeeper to have played the game.

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Banks' crowning glory came as the keeper when England won the 1966 World Cup, enhancing his reputation further with one of football's most iconic saves at the 1970 tournament.

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A careful student of goalkeepers during childhood, Banks played in local colliery football as a boy and was offered an apprenticeship by Chesterfield after initially going to work down a mine and then as a bricklayer on leaving school. He reached the FA Youth Cup final with Chesterfield in 1956, losing to the Manchester United team of the famous Busby Babes. He made his debut for the first team a year later.

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