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Gordon Banks is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers along with Lev Yashin and Dino Zoff

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He played 73 times for England and played in every game of England’s 1966 World Cupwinning campaign.

1 Won a League Cup each with Stoke and Leicester.

6 Named Fifa goalkeeper of the year six times

In eight years at Leicester, he was runner-up in two FA Cup finals and won the League Cup in 1964, before joining Stoke in 1967.

Career ended abruptly in 1972 when a car accident robbed him of sight in one eye.

▪ Remembered for his diving, twisting save to thwart Pele in 1970.

▪ He started his career at Chesterfield, before joining Leicester in 1959 for £7,000, and it was at the Foxes that he established himself as England’s number one, earning his first international cap in 1963 against Scotland

▪ He stayed at the Potters until his retirement from professional football, winning the League Cup again in 1972, the club’s only major honour.