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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ramiro Barreiro

Argentine Antonio Rattín, whose dismissal in the 1966 World Cup prompted a rules change, dies at 84

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Argentine Antonio Rattín, a former Boca Juniors player whose act of defiance while representing Argentina at the 1966 World Cup helped lead to the introduction of yellow and red cards, has died, the country’s football federation said Saturday. He was 84.

Rattín died in Buenos Aires, according to the Argentine Football Association, or AFA, which expressed its “deepest sorrow at the passing of a historic symbol of Boca Juniors and the national team,” with whom he played in two World Cups.

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