Sir geoff hurst biography of michaels

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Sir geoff hurst biography of michaels: Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst

Seller Inventory U Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A tan to the pages. Hurst represented the England national team in 49 matches, scoring 24 goals. He made his debut on February 23,against West Germany and played his last match on April 29,also against West Germany. Hurst's most memorable international performance came in the World Cup final, where he scored a historic hat-trick.

His goals in the final secured England's victory and immortalized his name in football history. After retiring as a player, Hurst pursued a career in coaching. He served as a player-coach for Telford United from to and later worked as an assistant coach for the England national team under Ron Greenwood from to Hurst had a short stint as the manager of Chelsea from to and also coached a club in Kuwait from to He later became involved in various business ventures and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in June Sir Geoff Hurst's name will forever be associated with his historic hat-trick in the World Cup final, making him the only player to achieve this feat in a World Cup final.

His place in the history of football was assured. Continuing his club career with West Ham untilAlf Ramsey selected Hurst as his first-choice in the attack for six years between andthe longest run of any forward during his time as manager. During this time, Geoff became one of the highest paid footballers in the UK. A player-manager role at Telford United followed in and fromGeoff took up the position of manager at Chelsea.

After experiencing a pivotal moment in his international playing career, Geoff remembers a pivotal moment in his managerial career that was to have quite a different outcome. Chelsea were playing in the penultimate game of the season against Swansea. Faced with an opportunity for a seemingly easy header, Mike Fillery missed his chance to change the future of the club.

If he had scored, Chelsea would have been promoted but it was not to be and Chelsea remained in the second division struggling to find both money and form. The following year, Geoff was sacked. After struggling to find work in management, Geoff made a huge decision.

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He left the world of football and joined the business world. With no commercial experience, Geoff went on a course to learn the basics of selling and gain a knowledge of his new product, insurance. In the space of a fortnight my life turned around completely. The induction course taught me how to approach people. Until this time, everyone had approached me - for autographs, for charity events, for photographs, for interviews, for TV and personal appearances.