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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Nobby Stiles died with brain condition caused by repeatedly heading a football, coroner rules

Nobby Stiles in white England shirt with the Three Lions crest smiles at the camera
The inquest heard that Nobby Stiles, who also played for Manchester United, headed a football about 140,000 times during his career. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

The England footballer and World Cup winner Nobby Stiles died with a brain condition caused by repeatedly heading a football, a coroner has ruled.

Stiles, a tenacious, tough-tackling midfielder described by Geoff Hurst as the “heart and soul” of the 1966 World Cup-winning team, died in 2020 but his death was not reported by authorities to the coroner’s office.

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