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sports Dialuna 20 September 2021

Ex-England, Chelsea, Spurs striker Jimmy Greaves dies at 81

(AP) — Jimmy Greaves, for three straight seasons heroes” — receiving med-
one of England’s great- and hit a record six hat-tricks als in 2009. But Greaves sold
est goal-scorers who was for England, he is arguably the 18-carat medal at auction
prolific for Tottenham, best known for one game he in 2014 for 44,000 pounds
Chelsea and AC Milan has missed — the World Cup fi- ($60,000).
died. He was 81. nal.
“It was devastating for me
With 266 goals in 379 appear- Greaves was England’s star that I didn’t play in the final,”
ances, Greaves was the all- striker going into the 1966 Greaves said in the Mail on
time record scorer for Tot- tournament on home soil but Sunday newspaper in 2009.
tenham, which announced was injured in a first-round “I always believed that we
his death on Sunday. match against France and would win the World Cup
surrendered his place in the and I’d be part of it, but I
“Throughout his wonderful lineup to Geoff Hurst. wasn’t.
playing career, Jimmy’s strike
rate was phenomenal,” Tot- Hurst scored the only goal “It wouldn’t have been so im-
tenham said. in the quarterfinal win over portant now because I would
Argentina and kept his place have been a substitute and
Greaves suffered a minor in Alf Ramsey’s team at the probably would have got on.”
stroke in 2012 and his family expense of Greaves to earn
thought he had made a full lasting fame by scoring the James Peter Greaves was born
recovery until he was admit- first hat-trick in a World Cup in east London on Feb. 20,
ted to intensive care after a final. Greaves famously sat 1940, and signed for Chelsea
more severe stroke in May impassively on the bench as aged 17.
2015. England celebrated at the fi-
nal whistle. At 20 years and 290 days, he
An all-round striker equally became the youngest player win over Blackpool, and Winners Cup win over At-
adept with either foot or his Substitutions were not per- to reach 100 league goals in helped Tottenham retain the letico Madrid, which made
head, Greaves scored 44 goals mitted at the time and squad English soccer and scored a FA Cup. Tottenham the first British
in just 57 matches for Eng- members didn’t receive med- club-record 41 times in the side to win a European tro-
land. als, unlike at World Cups 1960-61 season to secure a Greaves was famous for being phy, and was the first divi-
since 1974. A campaign led to lucrative move to Milan. anonymous during matches sion’s leading scorer — a feat
But even though Greaves was Greaves and 10 other mem- before popping up to score a he would repeat in 1964, ’65
the first player to lead scor- bers of the squad — who He scored nine goals in 12 crucial goal. and ’69.
ing in England’s top league were dubbed the “forgotten games but failed to settle in
Italy. He ended his brief stay “All Greaves did this after- Greaves switched to West
to return to London with noon was score four goals,” Ham in 1970, with former
Tottenham, where he would Nicholson once said. England teammate Martin
spend the next nine years and Peters moving the other way
hit a club-record 266 goals in Greaves made it into Eng- in a record 200,000-pound
380 games. land’s squad for the 1962 transfer, but retired at the
World Cup in Chile, but his end of the season after a re-
Manager Bill Nicholson, most famous deed during cord total of 357 goals in 516
who had just guided Spurs the tournament was when he league matches.
to the league and cup dou- caught a dog that ran onto the
ble, paid 99,999 pounds field during a match against He made a brief comeback
for Greaves because he was Brazil. The animal then uri- for non-league Barnet in
keen to spare him the pres- nated on Greaves’ shirt, en- 1978 but soon quit again
sure of being England’s first dearing itself to Brazil winger and moved into television,
100,000-pound player. Garrincha — who kept it as where he co-presented the
a pet. long-running Saturday show
The move apparently worked “Saint and Greavsie” in Brit-
as Greaves scored a hat-trick The following season, he ain with former Liverpool
in his opening match, a 5-2 scored twice in a 5-1 Cup player Ian St. John.

Former TT champ Martin to retire after world championships

(AP) — Tony Martin, a the Flanders region of Bel- “The bad crashes this year with highs and lows, big suc- “What many young riders
four-time time trial world gium. have also caused me to ques- cesses and losses, crashes and dream of, I have achieved.”
champion from Germany tion whether I am ready to comebacks,” Martin said.
who also won five Tour Martin had one year remain- continue to face the risks that
de France stages, said that ing on his contract with Jum- our sport involves,” Martin
he will end his 14-year bo-Visma but had informed said. “I have decided that I do
pro career after the world the team’s management after not want to, especially since
championships. the Tour de France that he race safety has not improved
would not continue. Martin despite the many discussions
The 36-year-old Martin se- crashed out of the three-week about courses and barriers.”
cured a sixth-placed finish event in July during Stage 11,
in Sunday’s individual time when he had to be stretch- Nicknamed “Der Panzer-
trial won by Filippo Ganna ered off in an ambulance. wagen” for his enormous
of Italy and said he will call it power, Martin also won the
a day after competing in the Martin had also crashed in one-week Paris-Nice in 2011
mixed relay scheduled for the Tour’s opening stage af- and has 10 German time trial
next week. ter a careless spectator bran- titles to his name.
dished a large cardboard sign
The road world champion- while leaning into his path. “Cycling has been a large part
ships kicked off Sunday in of my life for a long time,