Antonio Rattín, Whose World Cup Expulsion Led to Penalty-Card System, Dies at 89
Antonio Rattín, an Argentine soccer star whose impassioned run-in with a referee during a match against England in the 1966 World Cup led to the creation of the sport’s system of yellow and red penalty cards, died on July 11 in Vicente López, a suburb of Buenos Aires. The Argentine Football Association announced his death in a statement.
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Antonio Rattín, an Argentine soccer star whose impassioned run-in with a referee during a match against England in the 1966 World Cup led to the creation of the sport’s system of yellow and red penalty cards, died on July 11 in Vicente López, a suburb of Buenos Aires. The Argentine Football Association announced his death in a statement. It did not provide a specific cause or location. On Saturday, the Argentine team wore black armbands in Rattín’s honor during their quarterfinal World Cup game against Switzerland.
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