Legendary English goalkeeper Gordon Banks has died, author of “the best save of all time” on the header Pele

The legendary English goalkeeper Gordon Banks is at the age of 81 died. That have Stoke City and Leicester City, two of his ex-teams, Tuesday announced. Banks won with the national team in 1966, the only English world champion title so far.

Banks was in his career a long time between the posts of Leicester and Stoke. He was throughout his career notice with different topsaves. At the world cup of 1970 he held against Brazil, a header from Pele very clever of the line – according to the English the best parade of all time (video from 0:48). “I thought the goal was,” said the Brazilian legend.