‘He’s one of us’ Jack Charlton, World Cup hero, honoured in Leeds

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At Elland Road, fans paid homage as football mourned a giant of the game – who spent his entire playing career at one club
They came in their hundreds, paying homage to the man known across the world as Big Jack. But, beneath the stands of Leeds United’s Elland Road ground, Jack Charlton was most commonly remembered as an adopted citizen of Yorkshire’s largest city.
Charlton, who died on Friday aged 85, spent almost a quarter of his life marshalling the Leeds defence, retiring as a one-club man having made a record number of appearances. Continue reading...

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