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.[1]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gordon Banks | ||
| Date of birth | 30 December 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 12 February 2019 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1953 | Millspaugh | ||
| 1953 | Rawmarsh Welfare | ||
| 1953 | Millspaugh | ||
| 1953–1958 | Chesterfield | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1959 | Chesterfield | 23 | (0) |
| 1959–1966 | Leicester City | 293 | (0) |
| 1966–1972 | Stoke City | 194 | (0) |
| 1967 | → Cleveland Stokers (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1971 | → Hellenic (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1977–1978 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 37 | (0) |
| 1977 | → St Patrick's Athletic (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1961 | England under-23 | 2 | (0) |
| 1963–1972 | England | 73 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1979–1980 | Telford United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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.[2] 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.[3] Banks died overnight on 12 February 2019 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, aged 81.[4][5]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chesterfield | 1958–59 | Third Division | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| Leicester City | 1959–60 | First Division | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| 1960–61 | First Division | 40 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 51 | 0 | |||
| 1961–62 | First Division | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | ||
| 1962–63 | First Division | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 46 | 0 | |||
| 1963–64 | First Division | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 0 | |||
| 1964–65 | First Division | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 53 | 0 | |||
| 1965–66 | First Division | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 1966–67 | First Division | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 0 | |||
| Total | 293 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 356 | 0 | ||
| Stoke City | 1966–67 | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | First Division | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 0 | |||
| 1968–69 | First Division | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| 1969–70 | First Division | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 0 | |||
| 1970–71 | First Division | 39 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[b] | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||
| 1971–72 | First Division | 36 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 4[c] | 0 | 59 | 0 | ||
| 1972–73 | First Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 194 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 250 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Stokers (loan) | 1967 | United Soccer Association | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Hellenic (loan) | 1971 | National Football League | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1977 | North American Soccer League | 26 | 0 | — | — | — | 2[e] | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | North American Soccer League | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 37 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||||
| St Patrick's Athletic (loan) | 1977–78 | League of Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 558 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 682 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
- ↑ Four appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup and one in Texaco Cup
- ↑ Appearances in Texaco Cup
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ↑ Appearances in North American Soccer League play-offs
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1963 | 7 | 0 |
| 1964 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1965 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1966 | 15 | 0 | |
| 1967 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1968 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1969 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1970 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1971 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1972 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 73 | 0 | |
Honours
Leicester City
Stoke City
England
- FIFA World Cup: 1966[14]
- UEFA European Championship third-place: 1968[15]
- British Home Championship: 1964 (shared), 1965, 1966,[16] 1968, 1969, 1970 (shared), 1971, 1972[17]
Individual [18]
- 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[19]
- World XI: 1969,[20] 1971, 1972[21]
- FUWO European Team of the Season: 1969,[22] 1970[23]
- Rothman's Golden Boot Awards: 1970, 1971, 1972[24]
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire: 1970
- Daily Express Sportsmen of the Year: 1971, 1972
- Sport Ideal European XI: 1971, 1972[25][26]
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 1972
- Football League 100 Legends: 1998
- English Football Hall of Fame: 2002
- NASL All-Stars: 1977[27]
- NASL Goalkeeper of the Year: 1977
- World Soccer Greatest Players of the 20th Century: 32nd[28]
- FIFA 100: 2004
- PFA Team of the Century (1907–1976): 2007[29]
- Freedom of the City of Stoke-on-Trent 16 October 2014.[30]
- Freedom of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme 23 February 2018.[31]
Gordon Banks Media
Image describing Banks's save v Pelé in the 1970 World Cup, Mexico
Commemorative star in the pavement outside Sheffield Town Hall: a "walk of fame" for people associated with the city. Gordon Banks.
References
- ↑ "IFFHS' Century Elections".
- ↑ Gordon Banks car crash at Stoke sentinel.co.uk
- ↑ Press Association (13 December 2015). "Gordon Banks facing second battle with kidney cancer". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/13/gordon-banks-second-battle-kidney-cancer. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ↑ "Gordon Banks: World Cup winning goalkeeper dies aged 81". BBC Sport. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Glanville, Brian (12 February 2019). "Gordon Banks obituary". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/12/gordon-banks-obituary. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ "NASL stats". nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ↑ Banks 2002, pp. 235–54
- ↑ Gordon Banks at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Litterer, David. "NASL stats". Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ↑ "Stoke European Competition Statistics". Stoke City FC. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ↑ "Gordon Banks". EU Football.info. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "England – League Cup finals 1961–2001". Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 490. ISBN 0354-09018-6.
- ↑ "1966 FIFA World Cup England". Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ "UEFA EURO 1968 – History – Serbia-England". UEFA. 2 October 2003. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ "British Home Championship 1947–1966". Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ "British Home Championship 1967–1984". Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Banks 2002, p. 258
- ↑ Rob Moore; Karel Stokkermans (21 January 2011). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Eric Batty's World XI – The Sixties". Beyond The Last Man. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ↑ "Eric Batty's World XI – The Seventies". Beyond The Last Man. 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ↑ "FUWO 1970" (PDF). FCC-Wiki. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ↑ "FUWO 1971" (PDF). FCC-Wiki. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ↑ "1969–1970 British Team of the Season". BigSoccer. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ↑ "Sport 1971". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ↑ "Sport 1972". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ↑ "Mid Cities Daily News – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. 24 August 1977. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ov1RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iTQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3998,3891044&dq=1977+nasl+all-stars&hl=en. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ↑ Karel Stokkermans; Karel Stokkermans (23 Dec 2015). "The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ↑ "England Boys of '66 dominate your Team of the Century: 1907–1976". GiveMeFootball.com (Give Me Football). 28 August 2007. http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa-legends/teams-of-the-century/team-of-the-century-1907-1976. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ↑ "Stoke honour for Nello and Banks". BBC News. 16 October 2014. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-29638066. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ↑ "Gordon Banks nets freedom of borough". BBC News. 23 February 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-43176833. Retrieved 25 June 2020.