Gordon Banks defied gravity as well as Pele with that unfeasible leap

Of course he will always be remembered for that save. It could not be otherwise. There had doubtless been a heap of improbable stops by excellent keepers in the previous 100 years of association football but none of that scale on such a stage against arguably the greatest player of them all before a global audience of immense reach in a World Cup involving two heritage teams. Gordon Banks defied gravity as well as Pele in making that unfeasible leap to his right, and in one priceless moment of goalkeeping exotica made the man between the sticks something more than an adjunct in gloves.