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Banks played in local colliery football as a boy and was offered an apprenticeship by Chesterfield after initially going to work as a coal bagger and then as a bricklayer on leaving school.
Banks played well, but with the right back Len Chalmers carrying an injury, was powerless to prevent second half goals from Bobby Smith and Terry Dyson giving Spurs a 2 0 win and the first " double " of the 20th century.
Iin 1967 Banks played a season for the Cleveland Stokers of the American United Soccer Association ; this was a short lived attempt to build a first division U. S. league by importing clubs from around the world to play as U. S. teams.
Stoke City, with Banks, came to the U. S. where it played in Cleveland, Ohio.
Banks, who discovered just after arriving in Mexico that he had been awarded the OBE, played his 60th England game in the opening group victory over Romania before taking to the field for the keenly-awaited clash with Brazil.
Other members of the Hall who played in both the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball are Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Roy Campanella, Larry Doby, Willie Mays, and Jackie Robinson.
Except for Doby, their play in the Negro leagues was a minor factor in their selection: Aaron, Banks, and Mays played in Negro leagues only briefly and after the leagues had declined with the migration of many black players to the integrated minor leagues ; Campanella ( 1969 ) and Robinson ( 1962 ) were selected before the Hall began considering performance in the Negro leagues.
In the comedy film, Banks attempts to handle preparations for his daughter's ( played by Elizabeth Taylor ) upcoming wedding.
In February 1983, Gaye performed " The Star-Spangled Banner " at the NBA All-Star Game, held at The Forum in Inglewood, California, accompanied by Gordon Banks who played the studio tape from stands.
Perceptions that the Massachusetts militia was well organized and armed at the beginning of the Civil War likely played a role in the appointment decision, as Banks had also been considered for quartermaster general.
Also in 2009, Horrocks took the lead in the BBC TV production Gracie !, a drama portraying the life of Gracie Fields during World War II and her relationship with the Italian-born director Monty Banks ( played by Tom Hollander ).
Muniz subsequently played the title role in the film Agent Cody Banks, as well as its sequel, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London.
# Ernie Banks played shortstop for the first half of his career and first base for the remainder.
Rugby Union is played close to the cricket club at Westfield Banks, sharing facilities with Goole Tennis Club.
Banks's compositions are performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Mike Dixon, and Banks himself played piano with the orchestra on three tracks.
Gaye was accompanied by Gordon Banks, who played a tape from an all night session that used numerous elements of soul music and funk.
Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett all played the instrument on Genesis albums in the 1970s.
Finally, in 1996 Reilly gave Eileen Davidson, who had played Kristen Blake since 1993, a second role as Kristen's lookalike Susan Banks, and between 1997 and 1998 added three more — including a man — with Davidson ultimately receiving a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1998.
) Banks holds Cubs records for games played ( 2, 528 ), at-bats ( 9, 421 ), extra-base hits ( 1, 009 ), and total bases ( 4, 706 ).
Consequently, Banks holds the Major League record of most games played without a postseason appearance ( 2528 ).
Banks, along with Johnny Bench and Frank Robinson appeared on Yes Dear as disgruntled players because Big Jimmy ( played by Jerry Van Dyke ) had stolen the team equipment from the Buffalo Bisons over 30 years ago.
In 2009, Jane Horrocks took the lead in the BBC TV production Gracie !, a drama portraying the life of Fields just before and during World War II and her relationship with Monty Banks ( played by Tom Hollander ).
By the time they played Mexico in an acclimatisation match prior to the competition, Shilton was 80 games into his England career, having beaten Banks ' record for a goalkeeper of 73 caps the previous year against Turkey.

Banks and England
Massachusetts was increasingly concerned over reports of the capabilities of this fortress, and of privateers staging out of its harbour to raid New England fishermen on the Grand Banks.
Banks was a member of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup.
Banks ' consistent performances in goal led to the re-wording of a common English idiom to " Safe as the Banks of England ".
Though England lost 2 1, Banks gained plaudits and Ramsey was pleased with his performance.
By 1965, Banks was indisputably the first-choice England goalkeeper.
When the World Cup began, Banks was in goal as England got through their group containing Uruguay, Mexico and France, drawing 0 0 with the former and clinching 2 0 victories over the latter.
Banks was not greatly tested, but it was hugely encouraging that he emerged from the group with three clean sheets from three games, a trend that continued when England beat a physical Argentina side 1 0 in the last eight, with Geoff Hurst scoring with a header.
It was England who dominated the final but it was Banks who was beaten first.
Banks had 33 England caps and was a world champion.
Banks joined Stoke City and maintained his England place, while Shilton lost in Leicester's third FA Cup final of the 1960s ( the 1969 game against Manchester City ) and began to make his name.
A year later, Banks picked up his 50th cap as England defeated Scotland 4 1 at Wembley.
He leapt hard at the ball above England right back Tommy Wright and thundered a harsh, pacy downward header towards Banks ' near post corner.
England were not being well received by the locals after cutting comments made about Mexico prior to the tournament by Ramsey, but spontaneous applause rang around the Guadalajara, Jalisco stadium as Banks got back into position to defend the resulting corner.
Brazil still won the game 1 0 Jairzinho guided a shot past Banks in the second half but England missed chances to get something, with Jeff Astle putting the ball wide of an open goal and Alan Ball striking the crossbar.
This was dismissed by Banks, who watched the game on his hotel TV and saw England go 2 0 ahead.
Banks would play in ten of the next 12 internationals as England tried to qualify for the 1972 European Championships but lost yet again to West Germany prior to the finals stage.
During this period, Banks was also involved in a notorious incident with Manchester United's George Best who, while playing against England for Northern Ireland, flicked the ball out of Banks ' hands and headed it into the net as the protesting goalkeeper chased him.
The goal was disallowed for ungentlemanly conduct and England won 1 0, but Banks was left feeling rather embarrassed.
At club level, Banks came up with his second most famous save when spectacularly palming a vicious penalty from his England team-mate Hurst over the crossbar as Stoke defeated West Ham United in the semi final of the 1972 League Cup.
Banks met his wife Ursula while on national service in Germany during the mid 1950s and they married after he returned to England.
The interwar partially backed gold standard was inherently unstable, because of the conflict between ( a ) the expansion of sterling and dollar liabilities to foreign central banks, and ( b ) the resulting deterioration in the reserve ratio of the Bank of England, and U. S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Banks.

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