Geoff Hurst

Sir
Geoff Hurst
MBE
Hurst signing autographs outside Upton Park in 2008
Personal information
Full name Geoffrey Charles Hurst[1]
Date of birth (1941-12-08) 8 December 1941 (age 82)[2]
Place of birth Ashton-under-Lyne, England
Height 5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1957–1959 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1972 West Ham United 411 (180)
1972–1975 Stoke City 108 (30)
1973Cape Town City (loan) 6 (5)
1975–1976 West Bromwich Albion 10 (2)
1976 Cork Celtic 3 (3)
1976 Seattle Sounders 23 (8)
1976–1979 Telford United
Total 561 (228)
International career
1959 England youth 6 (0)
1963–1964 England U23 4 (1)
1966–1972[4] England 49 (24)
1966–1972 The Football League XI 7 (4)
Managerial career
1976–1979 Telford United
1979–1981 Chelsea
1982–1984 Kuwait SC
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  England
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1966 England
UEFA European Championship
Third place 1968 Italy

Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1962Essex
Only First-class30 May 1962 Essex v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 0*
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricInfo, 21 October 2016
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst MBE (born 8 December 1941)[2] is an English former professional footballer. A striker, he became the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final, as England recorded a 4–2 victory over West Germany at Wembley in 1966. With the death of Sir Bobby Charlton in October 2023, Hurst became the last living player from the team that won the 1966 final.

Hurst began his career with West Ham United, where he scored 242 goals in 500 first team appearances. There he won the FA Cup in 1964 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1965. He was sold to Stoke City in 1972 for £80,000. After three seasons with Stoke, where he won the Watney Cup in 1973,[5] he finished his Football League career with West Bromwich Albion in 1976. Hurst went to play football in Ireland (Cork Celtic) and the United States (Seattle Sounders), before returning to England to manage non-league Telford United. He also coached in the England set-up before a two-year stint as Chelsea manager from 1979 to 1981. He later coached Kuwait SC, before leaving the game to concentrate on his business commitments.

In total, Hurst scored 24 goals in 49 England appearances, and as well as success in the 1966 World Cup he also appeared at UEFA Euro 1968 and the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He also had a brief cricket career, making one first-class appearance for Essex in 1962, before concentrating on football.

  1. ^ "Geoff Hurst". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "HURST, Sir Geoffrey Charles". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Geoff Hurst". englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Geoffrey Charles 'Geoff' Hurst – Goals in International Matches". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Stoke City And The Watney Cup". World Football Index. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2022.