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    ‘MY WORLD CUP HAT TRICK IN ‘66 CHANGED MY LIFE’

    Nov 25, 2022 5 minutes

    AGE: 80

    POSITION: Striker

    TEAM: English National, West Ham United (among others)

    CLAIM TO FAME: The Only player in history to score a hat trick in a World Cup final

    PERSONAL: Currently touring the U.K. in live stage appearances talking about his life and career

    AS EACH NEW WORLD CUP APPROACH-es, I always turn my mind back to July 30, 1966, and the day that changed my life forever. At the turn of that year, I hadn’t really considered being in manager Alf Ramsey’s World Cup squad for England, but there I was.

    Jimmy Greaves, the most famous, and greatest, goal scorer of all time for my country had been injured in the last group stage game against France a few weeks earlier. So, I came into the team and did pretty well. But on the eve of the final, Jimmy was probably fit again and I’m not sure that I

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