England World Cup winner George Cohen dead at 83
George Cohen has died at the age of 83. The former footballer won the World Cup with England in 1966 and played every minute as the Three Lions claimed the trophy for the first, and to date only, time on home soil. Cohen won 37 England caps as an attacking right-back and also made 459 appearance for Fulham at club level after being born just a mile away from Craven Cottage. Fulham confirmed the sad news of his passing in a Twitter post. It read: "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." ...