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Former England captain Jimmy Armfield will have the esteemed Outstanding Contribution honor at the Football League awardings ceremony.

The 72-year-old BBC broadcaster won 43 England caps and made a record 568 visual aspects for Blackpool.

Armfield then managed Bolton and Leeds, who he led to the 1975 European Cup final, and have been a well-thought-of BBC analyst since 1978.

He will be given the awarding in Greater London on Lord'S Day and said: "It's a great honour."

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Armfield, who captained England 15 times, have returned to broadcast media with the BBC this season as he goes on his recovery from Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a word form of pharynx cancer.

He said: "I have got been in football game for 54 old age and throughout my playing career, of course, I only played in The Football League.

"I look upon this Contribution to League Football Award as a great honour, especially to be recognised for something I've enjoyed doing."

Football League president Godhead Mawhinney said: "Jimmy Armfield is a truly worthy victor of our Contribution to League Football award.

"He have been a fantastic embassador for the Football League as a one-club adult male in his playing years with Blackpool, as a director with Bolton Wanderers and Leeds United and as a much-admired broadcaster.

"Jimmy is a widely respected and popular figure across the football game community. I look forward to presenting him with his awarding on Lord'S Day evening."

Armfield takes out England at Wembley for a game against a Rest of the World squad in January 1963

Armfield made his international introduction in May 1959 against Brazil.

He played in the 1962 World Cup in Republic Of Chile and was voted the best full-back in the tournament.

He was also included in the 1966 World Cup-winning squad but missed out on the tourney because of injury.

He played his concluding game for Blackpool in May 1971 and moved into direction with Bolton, leading them to the Division Three statute title in 1973.

After moving to Leeds, the baseball club were beaten 2-0 by Bayern Muenchen in the European Cup concluding in 1975.

In his clip at Elland Road, Leeds never finished outside the top 10 in the League, qualified for the Uefa Cup and reached fa and League Cup semi-finals.

Armfield joined the Daily Express as a journalist after leaving Leeds, working with the paper from 1979-1991 and was awarded an OBE in 2000.

The awardings ceremonial will take topographic point at London's Hilton Hotel.