Carlisle United Football Club are saddened to hear of the passing of former-Blue Stan Bowles.
Born in Manchester, he began his career at Man City before a brief spell with Bury.
He then signed for Crewe Alexandra and played 51 games for the Railwaymen, scoring 18 goals.
The creative player arrived at Brunton Park in 1971 and scored 12 goals in 33 appearances for the Blues.
He was part of the United team who played in the Anglo-Italian Cup and famously beat AS Roma in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
He was sold to QPR in September 1972 and went on to become a club legend at Loftus Road. He scored 97 goals in 315 appearances for QPR.
Bowles went on to play for Nottingham Forest, Leyton Orient and Brentford and also picked up five England caps during his career.
Chairman Emeritus Andrew Jenkins said: "Stan was a great character, he had a great time here at Brunton Park.
"As soon as you saw him play you knew he was going to be a fantastic signing.
"He did so well for us that he got noticed by QPR and went on to have a great career with them.
"David Dent was secretary at the time and we both have great memories of him as a player and as a person.
"This is really sad news and we pass our best wishes onto his family and friends from everyone at the club."
