Former Chelsea captain Roy Bentley has died. He was 93.
Bentley, a striker who won the 1955 league title, spent eight years with the Blues, scoring 150 goals in 367 appearances.
He made his Chelsea debut in 1948 in a 4-2 home defeat by Huddersfield after signing for the club for £11,000 from Newcastle.
He went on to be the Blues’ top scorer in the 1949-50 season and replaced Johnny Harris as captain in 1951.