Jimmy Armfield (Jan. 22, 2018; age 82)
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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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