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Gordon Banks

English association football player (1937–2019)

  • Fame61.9
  • Momentum10.0
  • Wikipedia69.5K
Source-basedStable
Lived 1937–2019, aged 82United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited KingdomFootballersFootball / Soccer Player
  • Wikipedia
    57 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1937–2019
    Aged 82
  • Known for
    Marvin Gaye - Live In …
    2003
Summary
Updated 2026-06-20

Gordon Banks was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he made 679 appearances during a 20-year professional career, and won 73 caps for England, highlighted by starting every game of the nation's 1966 World Cup victory.

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Teams

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  • St Patrick's Athletic F.C.
    1977–1977
  • Fort Lauderdale Strikers
    1977–1978
  • Hellenic F.C.
    1971–1971
  • Cleveland Stokers
    1967–1967
  • Stoke City F.C.
    1967–1972
  • England men's national association football team
    1963–1972
  • England national under-21 association football team
    1961–1961
  • Leicester City F.C.
    1959–1967
  • Chesterfield F.C.
    1958–1959
  • Chesterfield F.C.
    1953–1958
  • Rawmarsh Welfare F.C.
    1953–1953
19531978
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Season stats

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1977–197710
1977–1978370
1971–197130
1967–196770
1967–19721940
1963–1972730
1961–196120
1959–19672930
1958–1959230
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Awards

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  • English Football Hall of Fame
  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire
By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
61.9
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum10.0
Historical24.5
Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
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