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Gordon Banks

1937 - 2019

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Gordon Banks (30 December 1937 – 12 February 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he made 679 appearances during a 20-year professional career, and won 73 caps for England, highlighted by starting every game of the nation's 1966 World Cup victory. Banks joined Chesterfield in March 1953, and played for their youth team in the 1956 FA Youth Cup final. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gordon Banks has received more than 2,295,271 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Gordon Banks is the 79th most popular soccer player (down from 71st in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 529th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Soccer Player.

Gordon Banks is most famous for his save on Pelé in the 1970 World Cup.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gordon Banks ranks 79 out of 16,880Before him are Gabriel Batistuta, Hristo Stoichkov, Leônidas, Andriy Shevchenko, Alisha Lehmann, and Rivaldo. After him are Francesco Totti, Kazuyoshi Miura, Eric Cantona, Guillermo Stábile, Bebeto, and Jean-Pierre Adams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Gordon Banks ranks 35Before him are Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Jared Diamond, Gennady Yanayev, Bill Cosby, Alain Badiou, and David Hockney. After him are Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Avram Hershko, Robert Lucas Jr., Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Colleen McCullough, and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Among people deceased in 2019, Gordon Banks ranks 34Before him are Albert Finney, Andrea Camilleri, Bert Hellinger, Manfred Eigen, Tony Buzan, and Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Mariss Jansons, Beji Caid Essebsi, B. J. Habibie, Li Peng, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, and Marie Laforêt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gordon Banks ranks 552 out of 7,765Before him are Fred Perry (1909), Alexander Pope (1688), John Smith (1580), Alice Liddell (1852), Alfred Molina (1953), and John Newlands (1837). After him are Henry Hallett Dale (1875), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415), Robert Robinson (1886), Mike Hawthorn (1929), and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Gordon Banks ranks 6Before him are George Best (1946), Bobby Charlton (1937), Stanley Matthews (1915), David Beckham (1975), and Bobby Moore (1941). After him are Denis Law (1940), Bobby Robson (1933), Kenny Dalglish (1951), Kevin Keegan (1951), Duncan Edwards (1936), and Peter Shilton (1949).

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