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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Sam Brookes

Jimmy Rimmer: European Cup winner with Man United and Aston Villa dies aged 78

Rimmer has passed away at the age of 78 - (Getty)

Former Aston Villa and Manchester United goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer has died at the age of 78.

An ever-present during Villa’s title-winning campaign in 1980-81, Rimmer is famously remembered for coming off with a neck injury just nine minutes into the 1982 European Cup final, which Villa won 1-0 against Bayern Munich in Rotterdam.

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