Bobby Moore

**Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore** (12 April 1941 – 24 February 1993) was an English former footballer. He was best known for playing for West Ham United and England national team. He was the captain of England when they won the World Cup in 1966. He played 108 games for England between 1962 and 1973. When he retired, this was a national record. Only Peter Shilton and David Beckham have since played more games for England. He is regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time. He died of colorectal cancer in Wandsworth, London.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|West Ham United|1958–59|First Division|5|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|6|0||
|1959–60|13|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|15|0||||
|1960–61|38|1|2|0|2|1|—|42|2|||||
|1961–62|41|3|1|0|2|0|—|44|3|||||
|1962–63|41|3|5|0|1|0|—|47|3|||||
|1963–64|37|2|7|0|6|0|—|50|2|||||
|1964–65|28|1|0|0|0|0|8|0|35|1||||
|1965–66|37|0|4|0|9|2|6|0|56|2||||
|1966–67|40|2|2|0|6|0|—|48|2|||||
|1967–68|40|4|3|0|3|0|—|46|4|||||
|1968–69|41|2|3|0|3|0|—|47|2|||||
|1969–70|40|0|1|0|2|0|—|43|0|||||
|1970–71|39|2|1|0|2|0|—|42|2|||||
|1971–72|40|1|4|0|10|0|—|54|1|||||
|1972–73|42|3|2|0|2|0|—|46|3|||||
|1973–74|22|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|24|0||||
|Fulham|1973–74|Second Division|10|1|—|—|—|10|1|||||
|1974–75|41|0|12|0|3|0|—|54|0|||||
|1975–76|33|0|1|0|3|0|—|37|0|||||
|1976–77|40|0|2|0|5|0|—|47|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="12"|England|1962|8|0|
|1963|9|0|||
|1964|9|0|||
|1965|9|0|||
|1966|15|2|||
|1967|6|0|||
|1968|9|0|||
|1969|9|0|||
|1970|11|0|||
|1971|7|0|||
|1972|6|0|||
|1973|10|0|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|5 January 1966|Goodison Park, Liverpool, England|||1–1|Friendly||||||||
|2|29 June 1966|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|||6–1|Friendly||||||||

### Player

**West Ham United**
- FA Cup: 1963–64
- FA Charity Shield: 1964
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1964–65

**Eastern AA**
- Hong Kong Senior Shield: 1981–82

**England**
- FIFA World Cup: 1966
- UEFA Euro third place: 1968
- British Home Championship:
    - Winners: 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1972–73
    - Shared: 1963–64, 1969–70, 1971–72

### Individual

- Ballon d'Or runner-up: 1970
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 1964
- West Ham Player of the Year: 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1966
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year: 1966
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire: 1967
- UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 1968
- World Soccer World XI: 1968, 1969
- Inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame: 2002
- UEFA Jubilee Awards – Greatest English Footballer of the last 50 Years (Golden Player): 2003
- FIFA World Cup All-Time Team: 1994
- FIFA Order of Merit: 1996
- World Team of the 20th Century: 1998
- Number **6** retired by West Ham: 2008 (posthumous)
- PFA Player of the Century: 2007
- PFA Team of the Century (1907 to 2007):
    - Team of the Century 1907–1976
    - Overall Team of the Century
- World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time: 2013
- 100 Greatest Britons: 2002
- Football League 100 Legends
- IFFHS All-time Men's B Dream Team: 2021

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Bobby Moore

- **image**: Bobby Moore 1969.jpg
- **caption**: Moore in 1969
- **fullname**: Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore
- **birth place**: Municipal Borough of Barking, Barking, Essex, England
- **death place**: Putney, London, England
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **height**: 5 ft 10 in
- **youthclubs1**: Barking F.C., Barking
- **youthyears2**: 1956–1958
- **youthclubs2**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **years1**: 1958–1974
- **clubs1**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps1**: 544
- **goals1**: 24
- **years2**: 1974–1977
- **clubs2**: Fulham F.C., Fulham
- **caps2**: 124
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 1976
- **clubs3**: → San Antonio Thunder (loan)
- **caps3**: 24
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 1978
- **clubs4**: Seattle Sounders (1974–83), Seattle Sounders
- **caps4**: 7
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 1978
- **clubs5**: Herning Fremad
- **caps5**: 9
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 1983
- **clubs6**: Carolina Lightnin'
- **caps6**: 8
- **goals6**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 716
- **totalgoals**: 26
- **nationalyears1**: 1960–1962
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-23 football team, England U23
- **nationalcaps1**: 9
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 1962–1973
- **nationalteam2**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps2**: 108
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 1980
- **managerclubs1**: Oxford City F.C., Oxford City
- **manageryears2**: 1981–1982
- **managerclubs2**: Eastern AA
- **manageryears3**: 1984–1986
- **managerclubs3**: Southend United F.C., Southend United