Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks
OBE
Personal information
Full name Gordon Banks
Date of birth (1936-12-30)30 December 1936
Place of birth Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Date of death 12 February 2019(2019-02-12) (aged 81)
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) 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)
International career
1961 England under-23 2 (0)
1963–1972 England 73 (0)
Managerial career
1979–1980 Telford United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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. 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. Banks died overnight on 12 February 2019 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, aged 81.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chesterfield 1958–59 Third Division 23030———260
Leicester City 1959–60 First Division 32040———360
1960–61 First Division 40010010——510
1961–62 First Division 410201040—480
1962–63 First Division 3806020——460
1963–64 First Division 3601080——450
1964–65 First Division 3806090——530
1965–66 First Division 3204010——370
1966–67 First Division 3601030——400
Total 293034025040003560
Stoke City 1966–67 First Division 400000——40
1967–68 First Division 3902040——450
1968–69 First Division 3004000——340
1969–70 First Division 3803010——420
1970–71 First Division 39010010—50550
1971–72 First Division 36080110—40590
1972–73 First Division 80002010—110
Total 194027019010902500
Cleveland Stokers (loan) 1967 United Soccer Association 70————70
Hellenic (loan) 1971 National Football League 30————30
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1977 North American Soccer League 260———20280
1978 North American Soccer League 110————110
Total 370———20390
St Patrick's Athletic (loan) 1977–78 League of Ireland 100000——10
Career total 5580640440501106820
  1. ↑ Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
  2. ↑ Four appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup and one in Texaco Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Texaco Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. ↑ Appearances in North American Soccer League play-offs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
England 196370
196470
196570
1966150
196740
196860
196960
1970100
197170
197240
Total730

Honours

Leicester City

Stoke City

England

Individual

References

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  2. ↑ Gordon Banks car crash at Stoke sentinel.co.uk
  3. ↑ Press Association (13 December 2015). "Gordon Banks facing second battle with kidney cancer". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Gordon Banks: World Cup winning goalkeeper dies aged 81". BBC Sport. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Glanville, Brian (12 February 2019). "Gordon Banks obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "NASL stats". nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  7. ↑ Banks 2002, pp. 235–54
  8. ↑ Gordon Banks at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. ↑ Litterer, David. "NASL stats". Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "Stoke European Competition Statistics". Stoke City FC. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
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  12. 1 2 "England – League Cup finals 1961–2001". Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  13. 1 2 Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 490. ISBN 0354-09018-6.
  14. ↑ "1966 FIFA World Cup England". Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  15. ↑ "UEFA EURO 1968 – History – Serbia-England". UEFA. 2 October 2003. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  16. ↑ "British Home Championship 1947–1966". Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  17. ↑ "British Home Championship 1967–1984". Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  18. ↑ Banks 2002, p. 258
  19. ↑ Rob Moore; Karel Stokkermans (21 January 2011). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  20. ↑ "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.
  21. ↑ "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.
  22. ↑ "FUWO 1970" (PDF). FCC-Wiki. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  23. ↑ "FUWO 1971" (PDF). FCC-Wiki. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  24. ↑ "1969–1970 British Team of the Season". BigSoccer. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  25. ↑ "Sport 1971". Mundo Deportivo. Archived from the original on 16 August 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  26. ↑ "Sport 1972". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 4 June 2024.[permanent dead link]
  27. ↑ "Mid Cities Daily News – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. 24 August 1977. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  28. ↑ Karel Stokkermans; Karel Stokkermans (23 Dec 2015). "The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  29. ↑ "England Boys of '66 dominate your Team of the Century: 1907–1976". GiveMeFootball.com. Give Me Football. 28 August 2007. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  30. ↑ "Stoke honour for Nello and Banks". BBC News. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  31. ↑ "Gordon Banks nets freedom of borough". BBC News. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2020.