Trevor Francis: Britain's first £1m footballer

Former England forward Trevor Francis, the first player to be transferred in Britain for £1m and the scorer of a European Cup-winning goal for Nottingham Forest, has died at the age of 69.
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Francis had a distinguished career that started with his Birmingham City debut at 16. Brian Clough's Forest then paid more than £1m to buy Francis in February 1979. In his first season, his goal against Malmö secured the European Cup. A statement from his family said: 'Trevor Francis has died at the age of 69. He had a heart attack at his apartment in Spain'.
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[@blujay9191]

Not a very popular sport here in the states, especially back then but I was fortunate enough to see him perform a few times when he came to play with the club here in Detroit in the late 1970s. Even a less educated fan such as myself could see what a great player he was. By all accounts a very decent guy, too. RIP.

[@DaNiyaHodge]

Rip Trevor John Francis, you will be missed

[@GazT-uw4ti]

Trevor was a nice man in person,I met him a few times as a Birmingham city season ticket holder,and again yes Trevor was a gentleman,kro 💙

[@Nttmf]

Scoring 4 goals at 16 years of age in one game is phenomenal. RIP Trevor Francis. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@kevinw7419]

Just a pity he never ended his career by playing for his home town Plymouth!!

[@billow9721]

I was there as a 15 year old in the crowd when Trevor scored those 4 goals we knew a genius was amongst us RIP Trev x

[@Marlondurran]

Rip big man .😢

[@vordman]

I've still got my Trevor Francis tracksuit purchased from a gypsy fella in West London. RIP Trev.

[@nielsjunker1487]

R.I.P 😢🙏⚽

[@PaulJudd59]

Birmingham City royalty at the age of 16 scoring 4 goals in a match.

[@tiltonroadbirmingham1153]

KRO Trev RIP

[@elberffuentes]

Como

[@arthurstreeb-greebling1088]

He "trusted the science..."

[@moluther2826]

Grow up.

[@febweb17]

No such thing as "The Science".

[@paulkirton8945]

He had a heart attack in 2012 long before covid. Shame you have to take a man's death for a cheap shot. He also struggled to get over his wife's death in 2017.

[@mickclay-vx1sx]

Wasn’t he a footballer