England’s 1966 World Cup-winning proper again George Cohen has died aged 83, his former membership Fulham introduced on Friday.
Cohen made his worldwide debut in 1964 and went on to characterize his nation 37 instances, taking part in a key function in England’s solely World Cup triumph when it beat West Germany 4-2 after further time at Wembley within the ultimate.
He was one among solely three surviving members of that World Cup-winning squad, together with Bobby Charlton and Geoff Hurst.
“Very sad to hear my friend and team mate George Cohen has died,” Hurst mentioned on Twitter. “Everyone, without exception, always said that George was such a lovely man.
“He will be sadly missed, my heartfelt thoughts are with George’s wife Daphne and his family.”
He spent the entire of his membership profession with one workforce, Fulham, making 459 appearances for the west London aspect.
“Everyone at Fulham Football Club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of one of our greatest ever players – and gentlemen – George Cohen MBE,” Fulham wrote on the membership’s official Twitter account.
Cohen was integral to England’s type of play in 1966, with the onus on full-backs to get ahead in coach Alf Ramsey’s system.
Having helped England preserve clear sheets of their first 4 matches within the match, Cohen began the transfer that led to the profitable objective within the 2-1 semi-final victory over Portugal.
Only three gamers in historical past have made extra appearances for Fulham than Cohen: Johnny Haynes (658), Eddie Lowe (511) and Les Barrett (491). His taking part in days had been minimize tragically brief on the age of 29 after a nasty knee harm.
In 2016, Fulham erected at a statue of Cohen exterior their Craven Cottage stadium in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of him lifting the World Cup, whereas he was awarded an MBE in 2000 for his companies to soccer.