SOCCER PLAYER

Gordon Banks

1937 - 2019

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Gordon Banks (30 December 1937 – 12 February 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he made 679 appearances during a 20-year professional career, and won 73 caps for England, highlighted by starting every game of the nation's 1966 World Cup victory. Banks joined Chesterfield in March 1953 and played for their youth team in the 1956 FA Youth Cup final. He made his first-team debut in November 1958 and was sold to Leicester City for £7,000 in July 1959. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gordon Banks is the 109th most popular soccer player (down from 75th in 2019), the 668th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 397th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Soccer Player.

Gordon Banks is most famous for his save on Pelé in the 1970 World Cup.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gordon Banks ranks 109 out of 21,273. Before him are Luka Modrić, Cha Bum-kun, Andriy Shevchenko, Nándor Hidegkuti, Rudi Völler, and Cafu. After him are Bebeto, Miguel Muñoz, Kaká, Zito, Tameo Ide, and Peter Schmeichel.

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Among people born in 1937, Gordon Banks ranks 38. Before him are Alain Badiou, Colin Renfrew, Bruce McLaren, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Robert Huber, and Philip Glass. After him are Jared Diamond, David Hockney, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Bill Cosby, Gennady Yanayev, and Robin Warren. Among people deceased in 2019, Gordon Banks ranks 38. Before him are Alexei Leonov, Anna Karina, Demetris Christofias, Michel Legrand, David Koch, and Bibi Andersson. After him are Robert Evans, B. J. Habibie, Prem Tinsulanonda, Albert Finney, René Auberjonois, and Ratko Janev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gordon Banks ranks 668 out of 8,785. Before him are Hank Marvin (1941), Joshua Reynolds (1723), James Wilson (1742), Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), and Bruce Dickinson (1958). After him are John Ross (1777), Thomas Bayes (1702), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), Chaim Herzog (1918), and Hugh Laurie (1959).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Gordon Banks ranks 9. Before him are David Beckham (1975), Alan Ball Jr. (1945), Billy Wright (1924), Bobby Moore (1941), Stanley Matthews (1915), and George Graham (1944). After him are Tony Adams (1966), Colin Bell (1946), Andy Cole (1971), Denis Law (1940), Bobby Robson (1933), and Graham Taylor (1944).

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