City said in a statement: "It is with huge sadness and the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of former Manchester City captain and manager Tony Book, aged 90. A true club legend in every sense of the word, Tony made 315 appearances for City in total between 1966 and 1974, scoring five goals."
Book also won a League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup in his days as a defender at City and secured the League Cup as the manager in 1976.
Book spent much of his career with non-league Bath City in his home town and had Malcolm Allison, who managed him there, and some lies about his age to thank for his late breakthrough as a professional.
Allison signed Book for Toronto City in 1964, then brought him to Plymouth after telling the directors Book was 28, not 30, and advising the full-back to doctor his birth certificate by two years.
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