Geoff Hurst

Geoff Hurst (born 8 December 1941) is an English retired professional footballer. He was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire and moved to Chelmsford, Essex when he was eight. He played football for West Ham United F.C. over 400 times. He also played for the England national football team and scored a hat trick (three goals) in the 1966 World Cup final which England won 4–2.

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 84)
Place of birth	Ashton-under-Lyne, England
Height	5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m)[2]
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)
1973	→ Cape 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[3]	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 1968 Italy
Cricket information Batting Right-handed Role Wicket-keeper Domestic team information Years Team 1962 Essex Only First-class 30 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

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[4][5]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
West Ham United	1959–60	First Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	1960–61	First Division	6	0	0	0	0	0	—		6	0
	1961–62	First Division	24	1	1	0	2	0	—		27	1
	1962–63	First Division	27	13	0	0	2	2	—		29	15
	1963–64	First Division	37	14	7	7	6	5	—		50	26
	1964–65	First Division	42	17	1	2	1	0	10[a]	1	54	20
	1965–66	First Division	39	23	4	4	10	11	6[b]	2	59	40
	1966–67	First Division	41	29	2	3	6	9	—		49	41
	1967–68	First Division	38	19	3	1	3	5	—		44	25
	1968–69	First Division	42	25	3	2	3	4	—		48	31
	1969–70	First Division	39	16	1	0	2	2	—		42	18
	1970–71	First Division	39	15	0	0	2	0	—		41	15
	1971–72	First Division	34	8	4	4	10	4	—		48	16
	Total		411	180	26	23	47	42	16	3	500	248
Stoke City	1971–72	First Division	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1972–73	First Division	38	10	0	0	3	2	2[c]	1	43	13
	1973–74	First Division	35	12	1	0	4	1	5[d]	2	45	15
	1974–75	First Division	35	8	1	0	4	3	1[c]	0	38	8
	Total		108	30	3	0	11	6	8	3	130	39
Cape Town City (loan)	1972–73	NFL	6	5	0	0	0	0	—		6	5
West Bromwich Albion	1975–76	Second Division	10	2	0	0	2	0	—		12	2
Cork Celtic	1975–76	League of Ireland	3	3	0	0	—		—		3	3
Seattle Sounders	1976	NASL	23	8	—		—		—		23	8
Career total			561	228	29	23	60	48	24	6	674	299

1. Nine appearances and goal in European Cup Winner's Cup and one appearance in Charity Shield
2. Appearances in European Cup Winner's Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Cup
4. Two appearances in the Texaco Cup and three appearances and two goals in Watney Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[6]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	1966	11	7
	1967	6	2
	1968	6	2
	1969	8	7
	1970	11	3
	1971	6	3
	1972	1	0
Total		49	24

Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hurst goal.

List of international goals scored by Geoff Hurst^[7][8][9]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 April 1966	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	1–0	4–3	1965–66 British Home Championship
2	23 July 1966	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Argentina	1–0	1–0	1966 FIFA World Cup
3	30 July 1966	Wembley Stadium, London, England	West Germany	1–1	4–2 (a.e.t)	1966 FIFA World Cup Final
4				3–2
5				4–2
6	16 November 1966	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Wales	1–0	5–1	1966–67 British Home Championship
7				2–0
8	15 April 1967	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Scotland	2–3	2–3	1966–67 British Home Championship
9	22 November 1967	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Northern Ireland	1–0	2–0	1967–68 British Home Championship
10	8 June 1968	Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy	Soviet Union	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1968
11	11 December 1968	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Bulgaria	1–1	1–1	Friendly
12	12 March 1969	Wembley Stadium, London, England	France	2–0	5–0	Friendly
13				3–0
14				5–0
15	3 May 1969	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	3–1	3–1	1968–69 British Home Championship
16	10 May 1969	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Scotland	2–0	4–1	1968–69 British Home Championship
17				3–1
18	8 June 1969	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	2–1	2–1	Friendly
19	25 February 1970	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	2–0	3–1	Friendly
20	21 April 1970	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Northern Ireland	2–1	3–1	1969–70 British Home Championship
21	2 June 1970	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	Romania	1–0	1–0	1970 FIFA World Cup
22	21 April 1971	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Greece	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
23	13 October 1971	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
24	1 December 1971	Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens, Greece	Greece	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1972 qualification

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Chelsea[10]	13 September 1979	23 April 1981	84	35	20	29	041.7
Total			84	35	20	29	041.7

Honours

West Ham

• FA Cup: 1963–64^[11]
• FA Charity Shield: 1964 (shared)^[12]
• European Cup Winners' Cup: 1964–65^[13]
• Football League Cup runner-up: 1965–66

England

• FIFA World Cup: 1966
• UEFA European Championship Bronze medal: 1968

Individual

• West Ham United Hammer of the Year: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69
• EFL Cup top scorer: 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67^[14]
• Ballon d'Or Nominated: 1966, 1967, 1970^[15]
• World Soccer World XI: 1967, 1968, 1969^[16]
• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 1968^[17]
• Rothman's Golden Boot Awards: 1970^[18]
• Football League 100 Legends: 1998
• FWA Tribute Award: 1998
• English Football Hall of Fame: 2004

Orders

• Member of the Order of the British Empire: 1979^[19]
• Knight Bachelor: 1998^[20]