The death of Roger Hunt at the age of 83 leaves just three surviving members from the England team that won the World Cup in 1966.
Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Geoff Hurst and George Cohen are now the only living players from the team that famously and thrillingly defeated West Germany 4-2 after extra time at Wembley.
It remains England's only major tournament triumph, though Gareth Southgate's current crop were agonisingly close to beating Italy in the Euro 2020 final this summer.
Hunt started the '66 final in attack, but his industrious performance was always likely to be overshadowed by the hat-trick scored by his strike partner Hurst.