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)
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[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
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
Sir Geoffrey Charles HurstMBE (born 8 December 1941)[2] is an English former professional footballer. A striker, he became the first player to ever score a hat-trick in a World Cup final. He scored that hat-trick when 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.
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^"Geoffrey Charles 'Geoff' Hurst – Goals in International Matches". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013.
^"Stoke City And The Watney Cup". World Football Index. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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