Not just a goalkeeping legend, a footballing great. It was Peter Bonetti’s early team-mate Ron Tindall who bestowed upon him the nickname that would outlive both their playing careers - The Cat.
Bonetti went on to justify it over more than two decades to earn his position, in the words of his former club,“in the pantheon of Chelsea footballing gods.” Hailed by Blues as a "goalkeeping superstar of the 1960s and 1970s”, he was part of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad as back up to the legendary Gordon Banks.
For Chelsea, Bonetti is best remembered for his two spells - from 1960 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1979. Twice he helped them to earn promotion to the First Division from the second tier.
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