Former Tottenham striker, 1966 world champion and 1968 European Championship bronze medal for England, Jimmy Greaves died at the age of 81. The cause of death is not named.
“We are sad to announce the passing of the great Jimmy Greaves, not only Tottenham’s top scorer, but also the best scorer this country has ever seen,” the club’s website says. …
Greaves played for Tottenham from 1961 to 1970, scoring 266 goals in 379 games (the best result in club history). Greaves scored 37 goals in the 1962/63 season, another club record. With Tottenham, Greaves won the FA Cup twice and won the Cup Winners’ Cup.
Jimmy Greaves has also played for Chelsea London and West Ham. In total in the top division of the English championship, he scored 357 goals, which is the current record. Greaves played for Milan for six months, with which he managed to become the champion of Italy.
In the England national team, he played 57 matches, in which he scored 44 goals.
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