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Published – August 15, 2026 02:47 am IST – BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
Jimmy Rimmer, a goalkeeper who won the European Cup with English teams Manchester United and Aston Villa 14 years apart, has died. He was 78.
Villa announced the death of Rimmer on Friday without giving any more details. The club described him as “one of the finest goalkeepers of his generation, and arguably one of the unluckiest when it came to big occasions.”
Rimmer collected a European Cup winner's medal with United in 1968 after being on the bench, as the backup to Alex Stepney, for its 4-1 win over Benfica in the final at Wembley Stadium.
In the 1982 final, Rimmer started for Villa in a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but came off with a neck injury after nine minutes and was in tears in the locker room. He was able to join the post-match celebrations, though, after Peter Withe’s winner.