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Hurst was born in Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire. He also had a distinguished playing career, principally with the London side, West Ham United F.C.. In the period from 1959 to 1972 he made more than 400 league appearances, helping West Ham to win both the F.A. Cup in 1964, and in 1965, the Cup Winners' Cup. In all, he scored 252 goals in 502 games, and to this day remains a legend amongst Hammers fans.
Hurst was capped 49 times for England, scoring 24 goals at international level. The most celebrated of these is without doubt the 1966 World Cup final against West GermanyThe German national football team is one of the most successful national football teams. They have appeared in seven World Cup finals, winning three. They have appeared in 5 European Championship finals, winning three. During the existence of the German D. The eventual outcome of the game was a 4-2 win for England. His inclusion in the World Cup final side was at the expense of the established but injured striker, Jimmy GreavesJames Peter 'Jimmy' Greaves (born 20 February, 1940) was an English football player, and more recently a television pundit. Jimmy was a phenomenal striker, scoring on his debut for Chelsea in 1957. He reached 200 League goals in 1960 at the age of 23 year. There was considerable controversy (which still persists) regarding one of the goals in which the ball may (or may not) have crossed the goal line before being awarded by the referee after extensive consultations with his linesman, Tofik Bakrahmov (he is generally known as the 'Russian Linesman': however, this is because he is from the former USSR, and is actually an AzeriAzerbaijanis or "Azerbaijani Turks," are a Muslim people who number more than 30 million worldwide who live in the Republic of Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran. They also have sizeable communities in Turkey, Georgia Russia, USA, Canada, and Germany. The A.)
In 19721972 is a leap year starting on Saturday (click link for calendar). Events January events January 2 the Pierre Hotel Heist Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 President of the Un Hurst moved from West Ham to Stoke City F.C.Stoke City F. known as Stoke F. until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England. The club is reputedly the second oldest football league club in the world after Notts County F. claiming to have been formed in 1863 (disputed by some who claim for £75,000, which, at that time, was a considerable sum of money for a football player. He scored 37 goals in 128 games for Stoke before being transferred to West Bromwich Albion F.C.West Bromwich Albion Football Club is an English football club formed by workers from Salter's Spring Works in West Bromwich, West Midlands in 1878. This famous football club was one of the original founder members of the English Football League. Although for the sum of £20,000 in the twilight of his playing career.
He had a short career as a football manager, as manager of Chelsea F.C.Chelsea Football Club (also known as the Blues previously also known as the Pensioners , founded in 1905, is a Premier League football team that plays at Stamford Bridge football ground in west London. Despite the club's name, it is not based in the Chels and non-league Telford United F.C.. From 1977 to 1982 he was the Assistant Manager of the England team under Ron Greenwood, who had been his manager when he was a player at West Ham.
Hurst then took up a new career as a director of an insurance company. For many years, he had little to do with football. In recent years, however, he has returned to football to some extent, with after-dinner speaking engagements, advertisements, and even pop videos.
He also played cricket for Essex against Lancashire, making him the only first-class cricketer to have won a World Cup winner's medal.
He was awarded an MBE in 1977, and a Knight Bachelor in 1998, becoming Sir Geoff Hurst, MBE.
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