Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks (30 December 1937 – 12 February 2019) was an English footballer. He has played for England national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time.[1]

Gordon Banks
Personal information
Full name Gordon Banks
Date of birth (1937-12-30)30 December 1937
Place of birth Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Date of death 12 February 2019(2019-02-12) (aged 81)
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1953 Millspaugh
1953 Rawmarsh Welfare
1953 Millspaugh
1953–1958 Chesterfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1959 Chesterfield 23 (0)
1959–1966 Leicester City 293 (0)
1966–1972 Stoke City 194 (0)
1967 → Cleveland Stokers (loan) 7 (0)
1971 → Hellenic (loan) 3 (0)
1977–1978 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 37 (0)
1977 → St Patrick's Athletic (loan) 1 (0)
National team
1961 England under-23 2 (0)
1963–1972 England 73 (0)
Teams managed
1979–1980 Telford United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Banks played in every game of England's 1966 FIFA World Cup victory.

Injury

In October 1972 Banks was involved in a car crash in his car near his home in Madeley Heath. Fragments of glass perforated his right eye and damaged the retina. Surgeons put 100 micro stitches to the eye and a further 200 to his face.[2] This effectively ended his career, though he played on for a while.

Death

In December 2015, it was announced he was receiving treatment for kidney cancer.[3] Banks died overnight on 12 February 2019 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, aged 81.[4][5]

Club career statistics

[6]

Club statistics League
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals
EnglandLeague
1957–58ChesterfieldThird Division00
1958–59230
1959–60Leicester CityFirst Division320
1960–61400
1961–62410
1962–63380
1963–64360
1964–65380
1965–66320
1966–67360
1966–67Stoke CityFirst Division40
1967–68390
1968–69300
1969–70380
1970–71390
1971–72360
1972–7380
United StatesLeague
1977Fort Lauderdale StrikersNASL260
Republic of IrelandLeague
1977–78St Patrick's AthleticPremier Division10
United StatesLeague
1978Fort Lauderdale StrikersNASL110
CountryEngland 5100
United States 370
Republic of Ireland 10
Total 5480

International career statistics
England national team
YearAppsGoals
196370
196470
196570
1966150
196740
196860
196960
1970100
197170
197240
Total730

References
  1. "IFFHS' Century Elections".
  2. Gordon Banks car crash at Stoke sentinel.co.uk
  3. Press Association (13 December 2015). "Gordon Banks facing second battle with kidney cancer". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. "Gordon Banks: World Cup winning goalkeeper dies aged 81". BBC Sport. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  5. Glanville, Brian (12 February 2019). "Gordon Banks obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  6. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Gordon Banks". www.national-football-teams.com.
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