The Game Turned Late
Bobby Tambling, the striker who held Chelsea's goal-scoring record for more than four decades, has died. He was 84.
Chelsea confirmed the news周四 without disclosing further details. Tambling scored 202 goals in 370 appearances for the club between 1959 and 1970, a record that stood until 2013 when Frank Lampard passed it.
The Small Details Added Up
He made his debut at 17 in 1959 and was part of the team that won the League Cup in 1965, finding the net against Leicester in the final. His five goals against Aston Villa in 1966 remain a Chelsea single-game record.
Tambling also earned three caps for England and played for Crystal Palace before moving to Ireland, where he managed Cork Celtic, Cork City and Crosshaven.
The Table Looks Different
Crosshaven AFC called him "a true Chelsea legend and an even more wonderful human being" in a statement. Britain’s Press Association reported he had been diagnosed with dementia in recent years.
The record needed no decoration; it did the talking for nearly half a century.