Statue of Bobby Moore

This article is about the statue outside Wembley Stadium. For the sculpture showing Moore and other players after their victory in the 1966 World Cup, see World Cup Sculpture.
Bobby Moore Sculpture
The sculpture in 2008
Map
51°33′26.28″N 0°16′46.56″W / 51.5573000°N 0.2796000°W / 51.5573000; -0.2796000
LocationWembley Stadium, London
DesignerPhilip Jackson
Typestatue
Materialbronze sculpture
Height20 feet (6.1 m)
Beginning date2005
Completion date2007
Opening date11 May 2007 (2007-05-11)

The Bobby Moore statue is a bronze sculpture of the former West Ham and England footballer Bobby Moore, situated directly outside England's national stadium, Wembley Stadium, in Wembley Park, north-west London. It commemorates the life of Moore, who captained the only England side ever to win the World Cup, defeating Germany 4–2 in the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final held in England at the old Wembley Stadium, demolished in 2003. Commissioned by the Football Association, it was unveiled outside the new stadium when it opened in 2007, fourteen years after Moore's death from cancer, aged 51. Standing 20 feet (6.1 m) tall on a stone plinth, it looks out over spectators as they walk down Wembley Way into the stadium. Sculpted by the Royal Sculptor Philip Jackson, it is Jackson's second piece featuring Moore, after the World Cup Sculpture unveiled in 2003.