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Argentina Great Antonio Rattin, The Man Who Inspires Card System In Football, Dies At 89
The Argentine Football Association: Antonio Ubaldo Rattin, one of the greatest captains and midfielders in the history of Argentine football, died at the age of 89. He wrote one of the most memorable chapters in World Cup history and played at the 1962 and 1966 World Cups and represented Argentina from 1959 to 1969.
"The Argentine Football Association, through its President Claudio Tapia, deeply mourns the passing of Antonio Ubaldo Rattín, one of the greatest symbols in the history of the Argentine National Team and an undisputed icon of Argentine football, who died today at the age of 89," it said in a statement.
Rattin was the Argentine captain at England 1966 and the protagonist of an episode that remains forever etched in the memory of world football. In the quarter-final match against the host nation, he was sent off by German referee Rudolf Kreitlein at a time when yellow and red cards did not yet exist.
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