Gordon Banks

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Gordon Banks - England's No.1

As voted by Bob's70-71 Pages readers. See Quizlet

Full name: Gordon Banks

Born: Sheffield, 30 December, 1937.

Position: Goalkeeper

Club Appearances

1)* European Cup Winners' Cup
2)**UEFA Cup
3) www.treetonweb.co.uk list Gordon's junior teams as, Sheffield Boys, Millspaugh, and Rawmarsh Welfare Club,
4) Also played for Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the North American Soccer League 1977-78
5) Gordon did not make any substitute appearances, or score any goals for the treams in the above table.

 

England Appearances:

Also played English Football League representative game/s

Gordon Banks - at England

Gordon Banks - in his famous yellow England jersey.

Further links on this site ...

See where Gordon came in the vote by readers of Shoot! magazine's of the top 100 players of the past thirty years.

See Gordon in the photo of the 1966 World Cup winning team.

See Gordon's Typhoo Tea Card.

Gordon sells his World Cup Winners Medal, see March 2001 News.

Gordon's famous save in Mexico 1970 was this site's readers most memorable moment of the tournament - see Quizlet 4

Gordon was this site's favourite England goalie, see Quizlet

Where are they now? UKTV

Career 2003- : a) 2003-2004 b), 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007

See Books

For further links try ...

Scouse, a Merseyside Stoke City fan offers a great biography and some facts and figures at Gordon Banks

A list of every England match can be found at Player Profile - Gordon Banks

A graphic display of the Mexico World Cup save, can be found at The Greatest Ever Save

The Association of Football Statisticians has a good picture and brief biography

Home town information is available at About Gordon Banks, OBE

There is a further profile at GORDON BANKS - International Football Hall of Fame

His NASL career can be traced at:

NASL ALL-STARS

Team Records and League Awards

The Year in American Soccer - 1977

A poem about Gordon can be found at Football Poets - P Maguire

Note:

Birth and appearance information comes from the combined sources of:

1) 'Banksy: My Autobiography' by Gordon Banks. London, Penguin Books 2003. (Expanded paperback edition.) This book individually lists every full competative game Gordon played whilst an English League professional.


and 2) "The PFA Premier and Football League Players' Records 1946-1998"
Edited and compiled by Barry J. Hugman.
Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1998.