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Bobby Moore
West Ham United FC

108 caps 2 goals
73% successful
1962-1973
disciplined: none
captaincies: 90
minutes played: 9780


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Bobby Moore Profile

Full name Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore.
Popular name Bobby Moore.
Nicknames Mooro
Born  12 April 1941 in Barking, Essex.
Died 24 February 1993 at home in Putney, southwest London following a struggle with cancer.
Height/Weight 6' 02 12 st. 13 lbs. [1968].
Biographies My Soccer Story / Bobby Moore.  London: Stanley Paul, 1966.  141p; illus. BL:X.449/1815.
My Soccer Story / Bobby Moore.  Rev.ed. London: Stanley Paul, 1966.  141p; illus. BL:X.449/2186 Includes an additional update chapter entitled 'World Champions'.
England! England! / Bobby Moore.  London: Stanley Paul, 1970.  131p; illus. ISBN:0-09-103190-7.  BL:X.629/2645.
Bobby Moore: the authorised biography / Jeff Powell.  London: Everest, 1976.  192p; illus; index.  ISBN: 0-905018-20-6.  BL:X.620/16413.
Bobby Moore: the illustrated biography of a football legend / edited by David Emery. London: Headline, 1993.  160p; illus; pbk.  ISBN:0-7472-7867-9.  BL:YK.1993.b.14540.
Bobby Moore: the life and times of a sporting hero / Jeff Powell.  London: Robson, 1993.  281p; illus; index.  ISBN:0-86051-866-3.  BL:YK.1993.b.14082.
Bobby Moore: a celebration of the life of England's greatest captain / John James Maguire.  Widnes: The author, 1996.  36p; pbk.
Moore than a legend: from Barking to Bogota: a fascinating new insight into the real Bobby Moore from those who knew him best / compiled by Phil Daniels.  Romford: Goal!, 1998.  256p; illus; pbk.  ISBN:0-9529641-9-8.

Club Career

Club(s) West Ham United FC, signed professional forms May, 1958; made Football League debut 8 September 1958; played from 1958-59 to 1973-74 seasons; transferred to Fulham FC 14 March 1974; played 1973-74 to 1976-77 seasons; played for San Antonio Thunder, North American Soccer League in U.S.A., 1976; played 11 times for Herning Fremad, in the Danish third division in 1977-78, before returning to the NASL for Seattle Sounders in 1978.
Club honours F.A. Cup winners 1963-64; European Cup Winners' Cup winners 1964-65;
Individual honours Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 1964; BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1966; British Sports Writers' Association Sportsman of the Year 1966; OBE 1967; played for the European Selection against Benfica in the match of 8 December 1970 honouring Mario Coluña; runner-up France Football European Footballer of the Year 1970; played for the European selection against Hamburger SV in the match of 1 May 1972 honouring Uwe Seeler; played for the New Common Market against the Old Common Market in the match of 3 January 1973 celebrating the admission of the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Denmark to the European Common Market; played for the Rest of the World against Hamburger SV in the match of 25 April 1973 honouring Willi Schulz; played for and captained Team America against Italy, Brazil and England May, 1976; defender on NASL All-Star team 1976; Football Writers' Association Tribute Award for outstanding contribution to the national game 1990; named to International Football Hall of Fame 1997; named one of the Football League's 100 legends 1998; defender MasterCard European and World Football Teams of the Twentieth Century 1998; named to International Football Hall of Champions 1999; named one of World Soccer's 100 Players of the Century 1999; ranked 24th in the International Federation of Football History and Statistics' list of World Players of the Century 2000; named to Football Association England Hall of Fame 2002; inaugural member of National Football Museum Hall of Fame 2002.
Distinctions Captained England to their only World Cup victory, in 1966, and to their highest finish in the European championship, 3rd in 1968; captained his country in 90 matches, a world record he shares with Billy Wright; captained England at two World Cup final tournaments, in 1966 and 1970, and one European Championship final tournament, in 1968; one of four England players to earn more than 100 caps.

England Career

Player number 804th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Right-halfback; left-halfback; central defender.
First match No. 358, 20 May 1962, Peru 0 England 4, friendly match at Éstadio Nacional in Lima.
Last match No. 477, 14 November 1973, England 0 Italy 1, friendly match at Empire Stadium in Wembley.
Major tournaments World Cup final tournament 1962; World Cup final tournament 1966; European Championship final tournament 1968; World Cup final tournament 1970.
Team honours Winners of the 1966 World Cup; semifinalist and third-place in the 1968 European Championship; winners of the British Championship 1963-64 (shared), 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70 (shared), 1970-71, 1971-72 (shared), 1972-73.
Individual honours England captain on 90 occasions.
Distinctions Bobby Moore applied for the vacant England manager's job in 1977, the job eventually went to his mentor, Ron Greenwood.  The FA did not consider Moore worthy of a reply.

Bobby Moore - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps
Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals Gls Av. Min Comp.
Goals
Captain Discipline
at least 108 108 36 108 0 0 9780 2 4890 min 1 90 None

 

Bobby Moore - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 46 29 12 5 98 42 +56 3 17 2.130 0.913 76.1 +24
Away 50 34 9 7 103 46 +57 9 23 2.060 0.920 77.0 +27
Neutral 12 4 2 6 12 13 -1 4 4 1.000 1.083 41.7 -2
All 108 67 23 18 213 101 112 16 44 1.972 0.935 72.7 +49

 

Bobby Moore - Match Record  - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 1 1 0.667 1.000 50.0 =0
WCF 14 8 2 4 20 13 +7 3 7 1.429 0.929 64.3 +4
World Cup 17 9 3 5 22 16 +6 4 8 1.294 0.941 61.8 +4

ECP

17 10 4 3 36 18 +18 1 8 2.118 1.059 70.6 +7
ECF 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 1 1 1.000 0.500 50.0 =0
European Championship 19 11 4 4 38 19 +19 2 9 2.000 1.000 68.4 +7
British Championship 30 22 5 3 74 28 +46 3 12 2.467 0.933 81.7 +19
Minor Tournament/Cup 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5 1 0 0.667 2.333 16.7 -2
Friendly 45 29 11 5 92 36 +56 6 18 2.044 0.800 76.7 +24
All 108 67 23 18 213 101 112 16 44 1.972 0.935 72.7 +49

The six British Championship matches for 1966-67 and 1967-68 also served as qualifying matches for the European Championship final tournament of 1968.  The numbers for six British Championship matches are thus duplicated within the European Championship numbers.  

Booby Moore - Match Record - Tournament Matches
World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
WCP All 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
World Cup Final Tournament
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
WCF All 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
World Cup Preliminary Competitions and Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC  0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
WC All 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
European Championship Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECP 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
ECP All 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
European Championship Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECF  0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
ECF All 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
European Championship Preliminary Competitions and Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
EC 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
EC All 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
Minor Tournaments and Cups
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Minor T/C All 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
All Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
EC 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
BC 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
Minor T/C 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0
All 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0

 

Bobby Moore - Match History
Club: West Ham United United F.C. - 108 caps
Coach: Walter Winterbottom - 8 caps
App No. Opponent Date Venue Type F A Res. Details Shirt
1 358 Peru 20-May-1962 Estadio Nacional Coloso de José Díaz, Lima F 4 0 AW Start 6
2 359 Hungary 31-May-1962 Estadio Braden Cooper Co., Rancagua, Chile WCF 1 2 NL Start 6
3 360 Argentina 02-Jun-1962 Estadio Braden Cooper Co., Rancagua, Chile WCF 3 1 NW Start 6
4 361 Bulgaria 07-Jun-1962 Estadio Braden Cooper Co., Rancagua, Chile WCF 0 0 ND Start 6
5 362 Brazil 10-Jun-1962 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile WCF 1 3 NL Start 6
6 363 France 03-Oct-1962 Hillsborough, Sheffield ECP 1 1 HD Start 6
7 364 Northern Ireland 20-Oct-1962 Windsor Park, Belfast BC 3 1 AW Start 6
8 365 Wales 21-Nov-1962 Empire Stadium, Wembley BC 4 0 HW Start 6
Coach: Alf Ramsey - 100 caps
9 366 France 27-Feb-1963 Parc des Princes, Paris ECP 2 5 AL Start 6
10 367 Scotland 06-Apr-1963 Empire Stadium, Wembley BC 1 2 HL Start 6
11 368 Brazil 08-May-1963 Empire Stadium, Wembley F 1 1 HD Start 6
12 369 Czechoslovakia 29-May-1963 Štadión Tehelné Pole, Bratislava F 4 2 AW Captain 6
13 370 East Germany 02-Jun-1963 Zentralstadion, Leipzig F 2 1 AW Start 6
14 371 Switzerland 05-Jun-1963 St. Jakob Park, Basel F 8 1 AW Start 6
15 372 Wales 12-Oct-1963 Ninian Park, Cardiff BC 4 0 AW Start