George Cohen

File photo dated 29-06-1966 of George Cohen who has died aged 83. Issue date: Friday December 23, 2022.

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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. — Fulham ...

“To be alongside him, it was rather unbelievable. It was unveiled in October of that year. Cohen was a one-club man, playing 459 times for the Cottagers between 1956 and 1969. Cohen was a campaigner and fundraiser for research into cancer, which claimed the life of his 1966 team-mate and captain Bobby Moore, and into dementia which affected a number of the team in their later years. 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. Fulham wrote on their website: “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.”

George Cohen, England's right-back for their 1966 World Cup triumph, has died aged 83. The news was announced by his former club Fulham on Friday.

“George won 37 caps for England and was vice-captain of our World Cup winning team. The news was announced by his former club Fulham on Friday. No cause of death was given.

George Cohen may have collected only one trophy during his playing career, but a winners' medal from the 1966 World Cup final secured the defender a place ...

I was a world champion and I was still very fit,” he recalled in his autobiography. “My world was turned upside down. His brother Peter, father to England rugby player and 2003 World Cup winner Ben, died from head injuries after being attacked when trying to break up a fight outside a Northampton nightclub in October 2000. Born in Kensington, London, on October 22, 1939, his father, who was a gas fitter, had urged the young Cohen to “use his brains” rather than press on with his love of boxing and so, after considering a career as an electrician, eventually he joined Fulham, the team he supported, aged 17 with a monthly wage of £28. His 37th and last appearance for England came in November 1967, a 2-0 victory over Northern Ireland at Wembley. Cohen made his England debut at right-back in a victory against Uruguay in May 1964.

Kensington native George Cohen spent his entire playing career with Fulham and lifted the World Cup with England at Wembley Stadium in 1966, winning 37 caps ...

Astonishingly, Cohen's nephew, Ben, was part of the England squad which won the Rugby World Cup in 2003 after defeating Australia in the final. "This is a richly deserved honour for a sporting hero who is Fulham through and through," councillor Stephen Cowan said at the time. Cohen attended the ceremony and was also made an honorary freeman of Hammersmith and Fulham. After hanging up his boots in 1969, Cohen served as a youth coach at Fulham and worked with England's under-23s, while he also spent time as manager of non-league side Tonbridge. The right-back formed part of a formidable defence alongside Jack Charlton, captain Bobby Moore and Ray Wilson. [statement](https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2022/december/23/george-cohen-1939-2022/) from the Cottagers read.

George Cohen, a member of England's 1966 World Cup winning team who spent his entire professional career at Fulham FC, has died. He was 83.