{"id":2403,"date":"2018-07-08T09:45:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T14:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2403"},"modified":"2018-07-10T09:46:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:46:11","slug":"tottenham-legend-alan-gilzean-dies-aged-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2403","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Legend Alan Gilzean Dies, Aged 79"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DhlTBxFXUAA9lcc-1024x598.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DhlTBxFXUAA9lcc-1024x598.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DhlTBxFXUAA9lcc-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DhlTBxFXUAA9lcc-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DhlTBxFXUAA9lcc.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Former Tottenham and Scotland striker Alan Gilzean has died at the age of 79.<\/p>\n<p>Dundee, where he began his career, wrote on their official Twitter account that Gilzean died on Sunday morning having recently been diagnosed with a brain tumour.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s tweet read: \u201cEveryone at Dundee Football Club are devastated to learn that club legend Alan Gilzean passed away this morning after recently being diagnosed with a brain tumour. The thoughts of everyone at the club are with Alan\u2019s family and friends at this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gilzean left Dundee for Spurs in 1964 and in a decade at White Hart Lane helped the club win the FA Cup, two League Cups and the 1972 UEFA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>He made his Scotland debut in 1963 and represented his country on 22 occasions, scoring 12 goals.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs tweeted: \u201cEveryone at the club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our legendary former striker Alan Gilzean. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this extremely difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2403\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2403&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2403\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2403&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-2403\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2403&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2403\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Tottenham and Scotland striker Alan Gilzean has died at the age of 79. 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