Former US defender Jimmy Banks dead at 54

CHICAGO (AP) — Jimmy Banks, a defender and winger who made two appearances for the United States at the 1990 World Cup, has died. He was 54.
The U.S. Soccer Federation says Banks died Friday of pancreatic cancer at Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital in Milwaukee.
Banks had 36 international appearances from 1986-91. He did not play in the opening loss to Czechoslovakia at the 1990 World Cup, then was inserted into the lineup following Eric Wynalda’s red card in the opener and started