Jimmy Armfield (Jan. 22, 2018; age 82)
Former Blackpool star and England soccer captain Jimmy Armfield died Monday at age 82 following a long battle with cancer.
The former defender passed in his native Lancashire.
Armfield was capped 43 times by England, 15 of them as captain, and made a team record 627 appearances for Blackpool.
Afterwards, he managed Bolton Wanderers and Leeds United, and also worked as a BBC radio commentator for more than 35 years.
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