Complex sentence: A promising career as a centre-half was ended prematurely by a bout of tuberculosis as he fell ill after a game against Sheffield United on 16 September 1957 and had a lung removed in hospital.
Split into simpler sentences: A promising career as a centre-half was ended prematurely by a bout of tuberculosis. He fell ill after a game against Sheffield United on 16 September 1957 and had a lung removed in hospital.