Birth of Jeff Astle13 May 1942
Birth of Jeff Astle
Historical person
Jeff Astle Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Jeff Astle, based on 5 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.
5 records1942–20025 events1 places
Chronological biography
1942
1964
Transfer1964
Signs for West Brom for a fee of œ25,000
1970
Scoring Record1970
In 1969-1970 Astle is the leading scorer in Division One with 25 goals
2002
Death of Jeff Astle19 January 2002
Death of Jeff Astle
Health of Jeff Astle19 January 2002
The cause of death was a degenerative brain disease; failing mental ability had become apparent five years earlier, had been an exceptional header of the ball, and the coroner found that the repeated minor trauma had been the cause of his death
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.