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Gordon Banks, the English goalkeeper known for blocking a header from Pele that many consider to be the greatest save in soccer history, died on Tuesday. He was 81.
The English soccer club Stoke, one of Banks’s former teams, posted a statement from his family on Twitter announcing the death. The statement did not say where he died or cite the cause.
Banks became one of English soccer’s most revered players after helping England win the 1966 World Cup on home soil. He conceded only one goal in five games before England beat West Germany, 4-2, in the final at Wembley Stadium.