Born: Eastwood, Nottingham, May 1942

Died: Burton-on-Trent, January 2002

Position: Centre-forward

West Bromwich Albion: September 1964 to May 1974

Football League: 290+2 appearances, 137 goals

FA Cup: 23 appearances, 14 goals

Football League Cup: 28 appearances, 19 goals

Others: 18 appearances, 4 goals

Won: FA Cup winner's medal in 1967/68, Football League Cup winner's medal in 1965/66, two Football League Cup runners-up medals in 1966/67 and 1969/70

England: 5 appearances

Profile: 'The King', simple as that. Albion's number nine in perpetuity as the Astle Gates now make clear.

A thunderous header of the ball, supreme leader of the line, and the legendary scorer of the winner in the 1968 FA Cup Final.

Only won five England caps. Astle joined Albion from NottsCounty and eventually left the club to finish his career in non-league football, playing for DunstableTown, Weymouth and Hillingdon Borough.