biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1937– )
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| biography:
| Footballer, born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, N England, UK. He started his career as a goalkeeper with Chesterfield (1955–9), moving to Leicester City (1959–67), and finally Stoke City (1967–72). Hailed as the world's best goalkeeper in his day, he gave an outstanding performance for England when they beat Germany (4–2) in the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final at Wembley. At the 1970 World Cup Final he made the headlines when he saved a seemingly certain goal headed by Brazil's Pele. The incident went down in football history as ‘the save of the century’. A serious eye injury sustained in a car crash in 1972 ended his playing career. He gained a total of 73 caps for his country. |
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