George Cohen: England World Cup winner and Fulham legend dies aged 83 | Football News

George Cohen, the right-back in England’s World Cup-winning team of 1966, has
died aged 83, his former club Fulham have announced.

Cohen played every minute of the victorious campaign on home soil and in total won 37 caps for his country.

Fulham wrote on the club’s official Twitter account: “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.”

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