Bobby Moore 20 years death anniversary

We missed him - died 20 years ago yesterday.

Just seen the applause for him now on the telly.

Captained West Ham and the victorious England team of 1966.

Pele respected him as the greatest defender.

Played a then record number of games for England.

He died 20 years ago

Sorry I am a nob as I read your post and not your thread heading which states that he died 20 years ago.

Nope, you're not a knob. I'm the knob. I edited when I quickly realised it cant be correct what I wrote. You can see the edit times are all the same, you were just too quick for me.

ok we agree then. We are both knobs.

I think that he also played for Fulham and when I was a lighty he came to Cape Town and played for Hellenic.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Moore says he also played county cricket for the Essex youth team together with his buddy Geoff Hurst.

He was a great player (tu)

Thats strange not a word about him playing for Hellenic. I could swear that he did.

The 25-year-old captain became a symbol of rare national success, was voted BBC TV Sports Personality of the Year and awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours List. The FA gave the players a £22,000 bonus for becoming world champions; Moore insisted it be split equally among every member of the 22-man squad, whether they'd played or not. It typified his sense of fair play.

Named the 'Colossus of Wembley', it is a fitting monument to a player of whom his friend Franz Beckenbauer said, "Bobby was my football idol. I looked up to him. I was so proud to have played against him." Beckenbauer rated Moore "the best defender in the history of the game", and there is no question that the England captain, who could read a game so well, was the ultimate class act.

Long live the King. -D

chicken 'n chips Wrote:

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> Thats strange not a word about him playing for
> Hellenic. I could swear that he did.

Perhaps he played one game as a VIP?