Bobby Moore

Robert Frederick Chelsea (Bobby) Moore (1941-93) was born in Essex during a German bombing raid and was to become one of England’s best footballers. He is fondly remembered as a cool, calm, charismatic captain with great vision, exemplified by his pass to Geoff Hurst who then scored England’s 4th goal in the 4-2 win against West Germany in the 1966 World Cup Final at Wembley. This has been England’s only World Cup Final success to date. The image above shows Bobby Moore receiving the Cup from the Queen.

At age 22, Moore remains the youngest ever captain of the England football team.  His natural talent as a leader was also recognised early by the management at West Ham United, who made him their captain in 1962 . He joined the club as an amateur in 1950 and then full-time after leaving school in 1957 and spent the next 17 years with them. He played for a few more clubs and tried his hand at management, but he became ill and died of cancer at age 51 in 1993. West Ham United named a stand after him and have ‘retired’ the no. 6 shirt in his honour, as that was his number.

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