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James Peter Greaves MBE (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.Regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and one of England's best ever players, [4] [5] [6] he is England's fifth-highest international goalscorer with 44 goals, which includes an English record of six hat-tricks, and is Tottenham Hotspur's second-highest ...
The 1970 London-Mexico World Cup Rally was the first of two World Cup Rallies to be held and the second of four marathon ... including the footballer Jimmy Greaves, ...
Jimmy Greaves was close to scoring for England several times in the first half, but failed due to laudable saves by Lev Yashin. [1] In the second half, when Yashin was replaced by Milutin Šoškić, Greaves assisted Terry Paine to score in the 66th minute. Denis Law equalised 16 minutes later, but Greaves brought England to a last-minute victory.
Jimmy Greaves has scored the greatest number of hat-tricks, with six. Five players, Albert Allen, Frank Bradshaw, Walter Gilliat, John Veitch and John Yates, have scored hat-tricks on their only international appearance. In the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick, generally considered one of the most famous of all time.
A provisional 30-man England squad for the 2010 World Cup was announced on 11 May 2010. [4] This was then reduced to the official 23-man squad, announced on 1 June 2010. [5] The seven players dropped from the provisional squad were Leighton Baines, Darren Bent, Michael Dawson, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Scott Parker and Theo Walcott. [5]
This line-up included Danny Blanchflower and Peter McParland for Ireland, Ivor Allchurch and John Charles for Wales, Denis Law and Dave Mackay for Scotland and an England team including Bobby Charlton, Johnny Haynes, Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Robson, some of whom would later win the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
Group 4 of the 1962 FIFA World Cup took place from 30 May to 7 June 1962. ... Jimmy Greaves: CF: 19: Alan Peacock: IL: 10: Johnny Haynes: OL: 11: Bobby Charlton: Manager:
Group 1 of the 1966 FIFA World Cup consisted of Uruguay, hosts England, France, and Mexico. Play began on 11 July 1966 and concluded on 20 July 1966. England won the group and Uruguay finished as runners-up, and both advanced to the quarter-finals. Mexico and France failed to advance. England went on to win the tournament. [1]