Stiles died in 2020, aged 78, after a number of years with advanced dementia and a brain injury known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles’ death was contributed to by a brain condition caused by repeatedly heading a football, a coroner has ruled

Stiles, 78, a 1966 World Cup winner, died with severe dementia and had headed a football around 140,000 times during his career, Stockport Coroner's Court heard.