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.

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.Gordon Banks car crash at Stoke sentinel.co.uk 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. Banks died overnight on 12 February 2019 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, aged 81.

 Career statistics 
 Club 
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsChesterfield1958–59Third Division23030———260Leicester City1959–60First Division32040———3601960–61First Division40010010——5101961–62First Division410201040—4801962–63First Division3806020——4601963–64First Division3601080——4501964–65First Division3806090——5301965–66First Division3204010——3701966–67First Division3601030——400Total293034025040003560Stoke City1966–67First Division400000——401967–68First Division3902040——4501968–69First Division3004000——3401969–70First Division3803010——4201970–71First Division39010010—505501971–72First Division36080110—405901972–73First Division80002010—110Total194027019010902500Cleveland Stokers (loan)1967United Soccer Association70————70Hellenic (loan)1971National Football League30————30Fort Lauderdale Strikers1977North American Soccer League260———202801978North American Soccer League110————110Total370———20390St Patrick's Athletic (loan)1977–78League of Ireland100000——10Career total5580640440501106820

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and year"Gordon Banks". EU Football.info. Retrieved 13 February 2013.National teamYearAppsGoalsEngland19637019647019657019661501967401968601969601970100197170197240Total730

 Honours 
Leicester City
Football League Cup: 1963–64
FA Cup runner-up: 1960–61, 1962–63

Stoke City
Football League Cup: 1971–72

England
FIFA World Cup: 1966
UEFA European Championship third-place: 1968
British Home Championship: 1964 (shared), 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 (shared), 1971, 1972

Individual

FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1966
Ballon d'Or Nominated: 1966, 1970, 1972
World XI: 1969, 1971, 1972
FUWO European Team of the Season: 1969, 1970
Rothman's Golden Boot Awards: 1970, 1971, 1972
Officer of the Order of the British Empire: 1970
Daily Express Sportsmen of the Year: 1971, 1972
Sport Ideal European XI: 1971, 1972
FWA Footballer of the Year: 1972
Football League 100 Legends: 1998
English Football Hall of Fame: 2002
NASL All-Stars: 1977
NASL Goalkeeper of the Year: 1977
World Soccer Greatest Players of the 20th Century: 32nd
FIFA 100: 2004
PFA Team of the Century (1907–1976): 2007
 Freedom of the City of Stoke-on-Trent 16 October 2014.
Freedom of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme 23 February 2018.

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