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Wales manager Speed, 42, found dead
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November 28, 2011, Monday
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GARY Speed, the manager of the Wales national team, was found dead yesterday at the age of 42, the Football Association of Wales said in a statement.
Cheshire police in north-west England, where Speed lived, said in a statement that a 42-year-old man had been found hanged at his home and that there were no suspicious circumstances.
The FAW said in a statement: "That this tragedy should have overtaken someone so young and talented is a huge loss not only for his family and friends but a nation as a whole."
Speed, who was made a Member of the British Empire for services to football last year, leaves behind his wife and two sons.
Speed played for Leeds United, Everton, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield United in a playing career that spanned 22 seasons and he became Wales manager last December.
He was a member of the Leeds team that won the last First Division title in 1992, before the start of the English Premier League, and he became the first player to make 500 EPL appearances during his time at Bolton in December 2006. He retired after making 535 appearances in the EPL.
He also made 85 appearances for Wales between 1990 and 2004, becoming its most capped outfield player and second highest overall behind goalkeeper Neville Southall.
The news of his death broke a short while before Welsh club Swansea City was due to play Aston Villa in the EPL at Swansea's Liberty Stadium.
A minute's silence just before kickoff was broken with the crowd bursting into spontaneous applause in his memory after a few seconds, and chanting his name.
Speed's former Wales teammate Robbie Savage was among hundreds paying respect on Twitter, saying: "The world has lost a great man in Gary Speed. I am devastated. Spoke to him yesterday morning. Why why?"
Cheshire police in north-west England, where Speed lived, said in a statement that a 42-year-old man had been found hanged at his home and that there were no suspicious circumstances.
The FAW said in a statement: "That this tragedy should have overtaken someone so young and talented is a huge loss not only for his family and friends but a nation as a whole."
Speed, who was made a Member of the British Empire for services to football last year, leaves behind his wife and two sons.
Speed played for Leeds United, Everton, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield United in a playing career that spanned 22 seasons and he became Wales manager last December.
He was a member of the Leeds team that won the last First Division title in 1992, before the start of the English Premier League, and he became the first player to make 500 EPL appearances during his time at Bolton in December 2006. He retired after making 535 appearances in the EPL.
He also made 85 appearances for Wales between 1990 and 2004, becoming its most capped outfield player and second highest overall behind goalkeeper Neville Southall.
The news of his death broke a short while before Welsh club Swansea City was due to play Aston Villa in the EPL at Swansea's Liberty Stadium.
A minute's silence just before kickoff was broken with the crowd bursting into spontaneous applause in his memory after a few seconds, and chanting his name.
Speed's former Wales teammate Robbie Savage was among hundreds paying respect on Twitter, saying: "The world has lost a great man in Gary Speed. I am devastated. Spoke to him yesterday morning. Why why?"
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