Football news - Sporting world pays tribute to 'legend and gentleman' Gordon Banks

ByEurosport

Updated 12/02/2019 at 10:46 GMT

England legend Gordon Banks has died at the age of 81. The sporting world has been paying its respects to the World Cup winner.

Banks was considered as one of the finest-ever goalkeepers and, alongside his heroics in 1966, he will be remembered for the iconic save he produced against Brazil's Pele in the tournament four years later.

• England World Cup winner Gordon Banks dies, aged 81

"It is with great sadness that we announce that Gordon passed away peacefully overnight," his family said in a statement.

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We are devastated to lose him but we have so many happy memories and could not have been more proud of him.

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