pneumonia on 9 December 1993, aged 67. He was buried nearby at St. Jude's Cemetery, Englefield Green. Legacy Blanchflower was honoured in his home city of Belfast with an Ulster History Circle plaque recognising his outstanding achievements in the world of sport. The blue plaque is located at 49 Grace Avenue, his childhood home. The Danny Blanchflower Playing Fields in East Belfast, owned by Belfast City Council, was named after him. Plans to redevelop the site date to include more professional football facilities started in the mid-2000s and went through several revisions. By 2020, construction of a new stadium and grounds for Harland & Wolff Welders F.C. was underway in the park, to be followed by nature trails and community projects. Honours Tottenham Hotspur Football League First Division: 1960–61 FA Cup: 1960–61, 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup: 1962–63 FA Charity Shield: 1961, 1962 Individual FWA Footballer of the Year: 1958, 1961 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1958 English Football Hall of Fame: 2003 Filmography Those Glory Glory Days (1983) References Bibliography Brown, Geoff and Hogsbjerg, Christian. Apartheid is not a Game: Remembering the Stop the Seventy Tour campaign. London: Redwords, 2020. . 1926 births 1958 FIFA World Cup players 1993 deaths Alumni of the University of St Andrews Association football commentators Association footballers from Belfast Association footballers from Northern Ireland Association football wing halves Aston Villa F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Chelsea F.C. managers Deaths from pneumonia in England Durban City F.C. players Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League players English Football Hall of Fame inductees English Football League players Football managers from Northern Ireland Glentoran F.C. players National Football League (South Africa) players NIFL Premiership players Northern Ireland international footballers Northern Ireland national football team managers People with Alzheimer's disease People with Parkinson's disease Toronto City players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Child soldiers in World War II English Football League representative players Expatriate association footballers from Northern Ireland Expatriate soccer players in Canada Expatriate soccer players in South Africa Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Canada Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in South Africa FA Cup Final players London XI players Male non-fiction writers from Northern Ireland North American Soccer League (1968–1984) commentators Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Sports journalists from Northern Ireland Military personnel from Belfast Royal Air Force airmen