About Jimmy Armfield
James Christopher Armfield was an English professional football player and manager. He played the whole of his Football League career at Blackpool, usually at right-back. Between 1954 and 1971, he played 627 games in all competitions, scored six goals, and spent a decade as the club's captain. He also represented the England national team 43 times between 1959 and 1966, and captained them in fifteen games. He was a member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad. After retiring from playing, Armfield managed Bolton Wanderers and Leeds United, leading the latter to the 1975 European Cup final. Armfield was awarded a testimonial match, played on 2 September 1970, his 35th birthday, and thousands turned out to pay tribute to him. He was awarded Granada TV's Sports Outlook Northern Sports Star of the year trophy in 1961. Blackpool achieved little success in his seventeen years with them, the club having won the FA Cup the year before his arrival.
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