'Club legend' FA Cup winner and former England defender dies aged 94
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBolton FA Cup winner and former England defender Tommy Banks has died aged 94, with Wanderers paying tribute to a 'club legend'.
Flags will be lowered to half-mast at the club in tribute to him. Banks, who played as a left-back, joined Bolton in 1947 and went on to win the FA Cup with the Trotters in 1958 with a 2-0 victory over Manchester United.
He was also selected by manager Walter Winterbottom to be a part of England’s 1958 World Cup squad in Sweden and went on to represent his country six times.
Before his death, Banks was believed to be the Three Lions' oldest living former international. Banks made 255 appearances for Bolton and returned to his hometown, Farnworth, following retirement but was diagnosed with dementia in 2022. READ MORE: Prison workers 'infatuated' with robbers smuggled 'sniff' and 'tiny phones' into jail for them Bolton said in a statement on the club’s website: "Everyone at Bolton Wanderers is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of club legend Tommy Banks, aged 94.
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