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Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks, OBE (born 30 December 1937) is a retired English footballer, elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the second best goalkeeper of the 20th Century — after Lev Yashin (1st) and before Dino Zoff (3rd). Banks was a member of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup. Banks was [...]

Category: Legend,Player, posted at: May 24th 2010, Comments: No Comments
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Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer is the only man to have won the World Cup both as a player and as a manager. His roll of honour is unique. Captain of West Germany when they won the World Cup and the European Championship, he also led his club, Bayern Munich, to three successive European Cups and also to [...]

Category: Legend,Player, posted at: Mar 30th 2010, Comments: No Comments
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Lev Yashin

Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Russian: Лев Ива́нович Я́шин) (22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990) was a Russian-Soviet football goalkeeper, considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the game.[2] He was known for his superior athleticism in goal, imposing stature, amazing reflex saves and inventing the idea of goalkeeper sweeping[citation needed]. [...]

Category: Legend,Player, posted at: Mar 16th 2010, Comments: No Comments
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