fullname years death_date death_place clubs birth_place caps goals position birth_date article_title name
ralph banks 1954 -- 1955 1 october 1993 bolton , england aldershot farnworth , bolton , england 104 43 0 1 defender 20 june 1920 ralph banks
 ralph banks
ralph banks

ralph banks -lrb- 20 june 1920 -- 1 october 1993 -rrb- was an english footballer .
he played for bolton wanderers from 1940 to 1954 , although for the first years of his career he fought in the second world war and , after the cessation of hostilities , was called up for national service .
he played over a hundred games for the club , mostly at left back , and came up against stanley matthews in the 1953 fa cup final , which turned out to be his last game for the club .
after leaving bolton , he played for a season and a half at aldershot before retiring .
banks ' younger brother tommy banks also played for bolton wanderers .
ralph banks died in bolton in 1993 .
