England World Cup winner died in 2020 but his death was never reported by authorities to the coroner’s office
England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles died with a brain condition caused by repeatedly heading a football, a coroner has ruled.
Stiles, a tenacious, tough-tackling midfielder described by Geoff Hurst as the “heart and soul” of the 1966 World Cup-winning team, died in 2020 but his death was not reported by authorities to the coroner’s office.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Mark Brown North of England correspondent.
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