Overview
- West Bromwich Albion announced Hopkins’s death and extended condolences to his family and friends.
- Birmingham City called the Hall of Fame inductee a cult hero and sent sympathies to his loved ones.
- Hopkins made over 80 appearances for West Brom between 1987 and 1989 after earlier spells with Aston Villa and Manchester City.
- He played 207 games across two spells for Birmingham City, won the FA Youth Cup with Aston Villa in 1980, and later featured for Shrewsbury Town and Colchester United.
- His career also included a stint with Instant Dict in Hong Kong and later non-league football at Solihull and Bromsgrove, and no cause of death was disclosed.