Ex-Liverpool, Everton defender Ablett dies at 46
Posted Monday, January 02, 2012 by YAHOO Sport
England’s League Managers Association says Gary Ablett, the first player to have won the FA Cup with both Liverpool and Everton, has died. He was 46.
The former English defender died on Sunday night after a 16-month fight against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.
Ablett won the league championship twice and the FA Cup in 1989 during a 147-game stint at Liverpool between 1986 and 1992.
He made the rare switch to neighbor and rival Everton in 1992 in a 750,000-pound transfer.
At Everton, he became the first player to win the FA Cup with both Merseyside clubs when the Toffees beat Manchester United in the 1995 final.
After four years at Everton, Ablett also played for Birmingham, Sheffield United and New York club Long Island Rough Riders in the closing years of his career.
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