Geoff
Hurst |
West Ham United FC
49 appearances, 24 goals
P 49 W 31 D 12 L 6 F x:
A x
*(actual F x: A x)
76% successful
1966-72
disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 4290 |
|
Profile |
Full name |
Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst
MBE |
(*Actual
for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.) |
Born |
8
December 1941 at Ashton-under-Lyne hospital, Manchester, Lancashire [registered in
Ashton-under-Lyne, December 1941]. Attended King's Road Primary
School, Chelmsford and Rainham County Secondary Modern School |
Married |
to Judith H. Harries [registered in
Chelmsford, Essex, December 1964]. |
Height/Weight |
5' 11½", 12st. 9lbs [1969]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
Biographies |
x |
|
x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
Club Career |
Club(s) |
x |
Club honours |
x |
Individual honours |
x Ballon d'Or
=fourteenth 1966, =eighteenth 1970, =twentieth 1967; |
Distinctions |
x |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
Management Career |
Club(s) |
Sacked by Chelsea FC on 23 April 1981, at midday. |
Club honours |
x |
England Career |
Player number |
One
of two who becmae the 842nd
player (843) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Forward |
First match |
No. 397, 23 February 1966, England 1 West
Germany 0, a friendly match at The Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 24 years
77 days. |
Last match |
No. 459, 29 April 1972, England 1 West
Germany 3, a European Championship quarter-final first leg match at The
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, substituted (61), aged 30 years
143 days. |
Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1966, 1970; |
Team honours |
World Cup winners 1966; |
Individual honours |
x |
Distinctions |
Although synonymous with his World Cup Final hattrick in 1966, Hurst was
the first England player to be used a substitute twice, creating the
record in January 1970. |
Beyond England |
x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |