History making manger is dead

Wednesday, 03/03/2010

The world of football was stunned today when Macclesfield boss Keith Alexander - England's first black manager - collapsed and died at his home. He was 53.

The former striker, who had two life-threatening cerebral aneurysms in 2003, was gaffer at Lincoln, Peterborough and Bury and was widely regarded as one of the game's good guys.

England's senior and Under-21 sides both wore black armbands as a sign of respect

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