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Joe Thomas

Tributes pour in for Everton idol Jimmy Harris who was a 'unique legend'

Touching tributes continue to be paid to 'Goodison idol' Jimmy Harris. Everton chairman Bill Kenwright and former player and manager Joe Royle are among those to have offered their condolences to the family of the boyhood Blue following his death aged 88.

Harris, from Birkenhead, emerged through the ranks at Everton to become one of the club's most celebrated players of the 1950s. Initially replacing Dave Hickson, Harris would later go on to form a devastating partnership with him when Hickson returned to Goodison Park.

Kenwright said: "There was Dave…but he was transferred and Jimmy took his place. He had to be good to replace a legend. And he was better than good, he was special and 21 goals in his first full season made him an absolute Goodison idol.

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