An Echo tribute to the Sunderland legend.
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00:00 The 80th birthday of Jimmy Montgomery, a true Sunderland legend.
00:05 He made headlines across the world with "That's Save" in May 1973.
00:11 But to the people of Wearside, he's been a hero for much longer.
00:16 Monty joined SAFC as a youngster in 1960 and made a record 627 appearances for his hometown
00:25 club.
00:26 More than 500 of them were in the league.
00:29 He received the British Empire Medal and went on to play for other clubs including Birmingham,
00:35 Nottingham Forest, Vancouver Royals and Southampton.
00:40 But Jimmy's our hero.
00:42 The man who won the Sunderland Echo Best of Wearside Awards in 2014, but more importantly
00:49 kept Sunderland 1-0 up at Wembley in 1973.
00:55 He's our hero.
00:56 Have a great day Jimmy.
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