Geoff Hurst

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 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 Hurst MBE (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.