![Armfield served as captain of Blackpool for ten of the 17 years he was at the club — he was inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame in 2006](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F351bf394-ff66-11e7-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=3170%2C2113%2C196%2C794)
Armfield served as captain of Blackpool for ten of the 17 years he was at the club — he was inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame in 2006
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![Armfield, back row far right, was part of the England squad that went to the 1962 World Cup in Chile, along with the likes of Bobby Moore, Sir Bobby Robson and Jimmy Greaves](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F9fcbaa86-ff66-11e7-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=4243%2C2829%2C437%2C918)
Armfield, back row far right, was part of the England squad that went to the 1962 World Cup in Chile, along with the likes of Bobby Moore, Sir Bobby Robson and Jimmy Greaves
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![Armfield leads England out against a Rest of the World XI in 1963 — he captained his country 15 times](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F7e01b4c2-ff66-11e7-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=4265%2C2843%2C943%2C1019)
Armfield leads England out against a Rest of the World XI in 1963 — he captained his country 15 times
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![Armfield, centre, was part of the triumphant England squad that won the 1966 World Cup but he did not play in the tournament](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F268a89de-ff67-11e7-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
Armfield, centre, was part of the triumphant England squad that won the 1966 World Cup but he did not play in the tournament
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![Armfield managed Bolton Wanderers and Leeds United — taking the latter to the 1975 European Cup final](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F68b21b42-ff67-11e7-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=1306%2C1958%2C167%2C238)
Armfield managed Bolton Wanderers and Leeds United — taking the latter to the 1975 European Cup final
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![Armfield was named a CBE on the New Year’s Honours List in December 2009 for his services to the Lancashire community](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fd8e3ef30-ff67-11e7-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
Armfield was named a CBE on the New Year’s Honours List in December 2009 for his services to the Lancashire community
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![Armfield’s statue stands proud outside Blackpool’s Bloomfield Road ground](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fbe2e81c2-ff63-11e7-9de1-e6776d524215.jpg?crop=3176%2C2117%2C545%2C639)
Armfield’s statue stands proud outside Blackpool’s Bloomfield Road ground
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