Top Ten England World Cup Legends

3. Geoff Hurst – 1966, 1970

The only man in World Cup history to score a hat trick in the final. Hurst’s record still stands 47 years after it was first set. He had originally been selected as a backup to Jimmy Greaves in ’66, but the Tottenham man’s injury problems kept him out of the side and allowed Hurst to feature comprehensively throughout the tournament. He found the net once again four years later in Mexico, but his international career failed to live up the the heights it had promised.