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Geoff Hurst
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Geoff Hurst

b. 1941

English footballer (born 1941)

Born
8 Dec 1941 · Ashton-under-Lyne

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 98 years
  1. 8 Dec 1941BornBorn in Ashton-under-Lyne
  2. 1959 – 1972TeamWest Ham United F.C.
  3. 1962TeamEssex County Cricket Club
  4. 1963 – 1964TeamEngland national under-21 association football team
  5. 1966Took part1966 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1966 – 1972TeamEngland men's national association football team
  7. 1966 – 1972TeamThe Football League XI
  8. 1970Took part1970 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1972 – 1975TeamStoke City F.C.
  10. 1973TeamCape Town City F.C.
  11. 1975 – 1976TeamWest Bromwich Albion F.C.
  12. 1976TeamCork Celtic F.C.
  13. 1976TeamSeattle Sounders

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1941 – today).

  1. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  2. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  3. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  4. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  5. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  6. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  7. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  9. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  10. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  12. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  13. 1956Suez Crisis
  14. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  16. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  18. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  19. 1968Prague Spring
  20. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  21. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  22. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  23. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  25. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  26. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  27. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  28. 1985Schengen Agreement
  29. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  30. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  31. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  33. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  35. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  36. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  37. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  38. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  39. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  40. 20082008 Summer Olympics

Biography

Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst (born 8 December 1941) 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.

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 (equivalent to £900,000 in 2025). After three seasons with Stoke, where he won the Watney Cup in 1973, 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.

Text from the Wikipedia article Geoff Hurst, CC BY-SA 4.0

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