AGE: 80
POSITION: Striker
TEAM: English National, West Ham United (among others)
CLAIM TO FAME: The only player in history to score a hat trick in a World Cup final
PERSONAL: Currently touring the U.K. in live stage appearances talking about his life and career
AS EACH NEW WORLD CUP APPROACH-es, I always turn my mind back to July 30, 1966, and the day that changed my life forever. At the turn of that year, I hadn’t really considered being in manager Alf Ramsey’s World Cup squad for England, but there I was.
Jimmy Greaves, the most famous, and greatest, goal scorer of all time for my country had been injured in the last group stage game against France a few weeks earlier. So, I came into the team and did pretty well. But on the eve of the final, Jimmy was probably fit again and I’m not sure that I
