LONDON, April 17 — Leeds United great Norman Hunter has died aged 76 after contracting coronavirus, his former club announced today. “Norman was taken to hospital last week after being diagnosed with Covid-19 and despite continuing to battle and the best efforts of NHS (National Health Service)...
Former England footballers Jimmy Greaves and Norman Hunter pose for photographers in Downing Street, London June 10, 2009. — Picture by Ian Nicholson/Pool via Reuters
LONDON, April 17 — Leeds United great Norman Hunter has died aged 76 after contracting coronavirus, his former club announced today. “Norman was taken to hospital last week after being diagnosed with Covid-19 and despite continuing to battle and the best efforts of NHS staff, he sadly lost his fight earlier this morning,” the club said in a statement.A famously tough-tackling centre-half, England international Hunter made more than 700 appearances for Yorkshire club Leeds during their most successful era of the late 1960s through to the mid-1970s under manager Don Revie.
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