Football legend and broadcaster Jimmy Hill dies at age 87
Former footballer and Match of the Day presenter died at the age of 87
Jimmy Hill presenting BBC programme Match of the Day in 1981
Football legend Jimmy Hill has died at the age of 87 following a battle with Alzheimer's.
The former Match of the Day presenter was diagnosed with the disease in 2008, and had been living in a nursing home in Sussex.
In a career spanning five decades, he became one of the most familiar faces on the pitch and on our television screens.
He began his playing career at Brentford, before joining Fulham in 1952.
He stayed there for nearly a decade, playing almost 300 games and scoring more than 50 goals.
He also served as chairman of the Professional Footballer's Association.
There he led a campaign that changed football forever - the scrapping of the £20-a-week maximum wage. After an agreement was reached, his old team-mate Johnny Hayes became the first player to earn £100 a week.
Some of the other ideas Hill helped make a reality included establishing a player's right to freedom of movement at the end of his contract and the introduction of three points for a win.
He also commissioned the first English all-seater stadium, lifted a ban on media interviews, introduced the first electronic scoreboard in 1964 and the first colour match-day programme.
