Original sentence: Dale Roberts (Born: 8 October 1956, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Died: 5 February 2003, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich) was a football player, a centre-half who started his playing career at Ipswich Town F.Dale Roberts fight against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma finally ended on February 5th, 2003 when the former Town and Hull City central defender died at age 46.He was on the same time as other centre-half players such as Kevin Beattie, Allan Hunter, Russell Osman and Terry Butcher and he eventually moved on to Hull City A
Edited sentence: Dale Roberts (Born: 8 October 1956, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Died: 5 February 2003, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich).Dale Roberts fight against Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma finally ended on February 5th, 2003 when the former Town and Hull City central defender passed away aged 46.Dale was as a centre-half who started his playing career at Ipswich Town F.He was unlucky to be at the Club at a time when they were spoilt for choice at centre-half with Kevin Beattie, Allan Hunter, Russell Osman and Terry Butcher all around at the same time and he eventually moved on to Hull City A.Ipswich chairman, David Sheepshanks said, "I went to visit him in hospital at Christmas and last Friday and it was clear that he was very ill but I was left awe struck by the tremendous sense of inner courage that he displayed.It is a terrible sadness to lose one of our staff, one of the Ipswich Town family, cut short in his prime.Paraphrased from an interview with David Sheepshanks