Born: February 20th, 1940, at Poplar, East London, England.<\/p>\n
Clubs: Chelsea (1957-61) 157 League apps, 124 goals; AC Milan (1961) 14 apps, 9 goals; Tottenham H (1961-70) 321 League apps, 220 goals; West Ham (1970-71) 36 League apps, 13 goals Total 518 League apps, 366 goals.<\/p>\n
Internationals 57 England caps, 44 goals.<\/p>\n
Honours FA Cup winner 1962, 1967; European Cup Winners’ Cup 1963.<\/p>\n
Career landmarks<\/strong><\/p>\n 1955 Joins Chelsea’s groundstaff aged 15.<\/p>\n 1957 Scores on his first-team debut, against Tottenham (he performs the same feat on all senior debuts).<\/p>\n 1959 England debut, in Peru. The side lose 4-1, with Greaves scoring England’s only goal.<\/p>\n 1961 Joins AC Milan.<\/p>\n 1961 Joins Tottenham for 99,999 – manager Bill Nicholson refusing to make Greaves the first 100,000 player – scoring a hat-trick on debut.<\/p>\n 1962 Scores in Tottenham’s 3-1 FA Cup final victory over Burnley.<\/p>\n 1963 Wins European Cup-Winners’ Cup, scoring twice as Tottenham beat Atletico Madrid 5-1.<\/p>\n 1963-64 Leading scorer in Division One, with 35 goals.<\/p>\n 1966 Greaves is injured after failing to score in three matches of the World Cup finals. He is replaced by Geoff Hurst.<\/p>\n 1967 Helps Spurs to another FA Cup final win, against Chelsea.<\/p>\n 1970 Transferred to West Ham for \u00c2\u00a354,000.<\/p>\n 1971 Retires from professional football, aged 31.<\/p>\n 1978 Admits to alcoholism while playing for Barnet in the Southern League<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"