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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|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|1|54|20|||
|1965–66|First Division|39|23|4|4|10|11|6|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||||
|rowspan="5"|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|1|43|13|||
|1973–74|First Division|35|12|1|0|4|1|5|2|45|15|||
|1974–75|First Division|35|8|1|0|4|3|1|0|38|8|||
||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|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|England|1966|11|7|
|1967|6|2|||
|1968|6|2|||
|1969|8|7|||
|1970|11|3|||
|1971|6|3|||
|1972|1|0|||

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

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

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Chelsea|align=left|13 September 1979|align=left|23 April 1981|||

## Honours

**West Ham**
- FA Cup: 1963–64
- FA Charity Shield: 1964 (shared)
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1964–65
- 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
- Ballon d'Or Nominated: 1966, 1967, 1970
- World Soccer World XI: 1967, 1968, 1969
- UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 1968
- _Rothman's Golden Boot Awards_: 1970
- 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
- Knight Bachelor: 1998

## Infobox (cricketer)

- **child**: yes
- **batting**: Right-handed
- **role**: Wicket-keeper
- **club1**: Essex County Cricket Club, Essex
- **year1**: 1962
- **type1**: First-class cricket, First-class
- **onetype1**: yes
- **debutdate1**: 30 May
- **debutyear1**: 1962
- **debutfor1**: Essex
- **debutagainst1**: Lancashire County Cricket Club, Lancashire
- **columns**: 1
- **column1**: First-class cricket, First-class
- **matches1**: 1
- **runs1**: 0
- **bat avg1**: 0.00
- **100s/50s1**: 0/0
- **top score1**: 0not out, *
- **hidedeliveries**: true
- **catches/stumpings1**: 1/–
- **date**: 21 October
- **year**: 2016
- **source**: http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14322.html CricInfo


## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: <small>Sir</small>
 Geoff Hurst
<small>Order of the British Empire, MBE</small>
- **image**: Geoff Hurst (2).jpg
- **caption**: Hurst signing autographs outside Boleyn Ground, Upton Park in 2008
- **fullname**: Geoffrey Charles Hurst
- **birth place**: Ashton-under-Lyne, England
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1957–1959
- **youthclubs1**: West Ham United F.C. Reserves and Academy, West Ham United
- **years1**: 1958–1972
- **clubs1**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps1**: 411
- **goals1**: 180
- **years2**: 1972–1975
- **clubs2**: Stoke City F.C., Stoke City
- **caps2**: 108
- **goals2**: 30
- **years3**: 1973
- **clubs3**: → Cape Town City F.C. (NFL), Cape Town City (loan)
- **caps3**: 6
- **goals3**: 5
- **years4**: 1975–1976
- **clubs4**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion
- **caps4**: 10
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 1976
- **clubs5**: Cork Celtic F.C., Cork Celtic
- **caps5**: 3
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 1976
- **clubs6**: Seattle Sounders (1974–83), Seattle Sounders
- **caps6**: 23
- **goals6**: 8
- **years7**: 1976–1979
- **clubs7**: Telford United F.C., Telford United
- **totalcaps**: 561
- **totalgoals**: 228
- **nationalyears1**: 1959
- **nationalteam1**: England youth
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1963–1964
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-23 football team, England U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 1966–1972
- **nationalteam3**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps3**: 49
- **nationalgoals3**: 24
- **nationalyears4**: 1966–1972
- **nationalteam4**: The Football League XI
- **nationalcaps4**: 7
- **nationalgoals4**: 4
- **manageryears1**: 1976–1979
- **managerclubs1**: Telford United F.C., Telford United
- **manageryears2**: 1979–1981
- **managerclubs2**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **manageryears3**: 1982–1984
- **managerclubs3**: Kuwait SC