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Key facts
- Full name
- George Reginald Cohen
- Date of birth
- ( 1939-10-22 ) 22 October 1939
- Place of birth
- Kensington , London, England
- Date of death
- 23 December 2022 (2022-12-23) (aged 83)
- Height
- 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
- Position
- Right-back
- Years
- Team
- 1956 1969
- Fulham
- 1959 1963
- England U23
- 1964 1967
- England
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Reginald
- Family name
- Cohen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1966 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- England national under-21 association football team
- Position played
- defender
- Country for sport
- England
- Image
- George Cohen.jpg
- Height
- 178
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- date of birth
- 1939-10-22
- name in native language
- George Reginald Cohen
- Commons category
- George Cohen
- end of work period
- 1969-00-00
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- relative
- Ben Cohen
- supported sports team
- Fulham F.C.
- date of death
- 2022-12-23
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
George Reginald Cohen MBE (22 October 1939 – 23 December 2022) was an English professional footballer who played as a right-back. He spent his entire professional career with Fulham and won the 1966 FIFA World Cup with England. He is a member of the English Football Hall of Fame and was the uncle of rugby union World Cup winner Ben Cohen.
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