About the Item
On offer here is a signed photo of Gordon BANKS.
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Gordon Banks, OBE (30 December 1937- 12 February 2019)was a former England international football goalkeeper.
He made 628 appearances in a 15 year career in the Football League, and won 73 caps for his country.
The IFFHS named Banks the second best goalkeeper of the 20th century – after Lev Yashin (1st) and ahead of Dino Zoff (3rd). He was named FWA Footballer of the Year in 1972, and was named FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year on six occasions.
He joined Chesterfield in March 1953, and played for the youth team in the 1956 FA Youth Cup final.
He made his first team debut in November 1958, and was sold to Leicester City for a £7,000 fee in July 1959.
He played in four cup finals for the club, as they were beaten in the 1961 and 1963 FA Cup finals, before winning the League Cup in 1964 and finishing as finalists in 1965.
During this time he established himself as England's number one goalkeeper, and played every game of the nation's 1966 World Cup victory.
Despite this success, he was dropped by Leicester and sold on to Stoke City for a £50,000 fee in April 1967.
He made one of the game's great saves to prevent a Pelé goal in the 1970 World Cup, but was absent due to illness as England were beaten by Germany at the quarter-final stage.
He was Stoke's goalkeeper in the 1972 League Cup win – the club's only major honour.
He was still Stoke and England's number one when a car crash in October 1972 cost him both the sight in one eye and his professional career.
He did though play in the United States for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in 1977 and 1978.
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The signature is an original and authentic autograph given by the person listed above.
The size of the photograph that has been signed is 16 x 12 inches.
This was signed as part of a Private signing where a small amount of this photograph was signed.
The Signed photo you receive may be the one photographed or one from the same signed Image.
This is a standard size of photograph worldwide so you will easily be able to find a frame or mount for this item if you wish to.
About the Certification
Each item includes a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) issued by Matrix Frames & Displays Limited.
We are a UK Limited Company, incorporated on November 14, 2011 (Company No. 07847089). Operating from a physical retail location, we have over a decade of experience in the industry, with a solid trading history filed with HMRC. Our business specializes in picture framing and memorabilia sales.
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