Jimmy Greaves

Jimmy Greaves
MBE
Greaves in 1964
Personal information
Full name James Peter Greaves
Date of birth (1940-02-20)20 February 1940
Place of birth Manor Park, Essex, England
Date of death 19 September 2021(2021-09-19) (aged 81)
Place of death Danbury, Essex, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1955–1957 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1961 Chelsea 157 (124)
1961 AC Milan 10 (9)
1961–1970 Tottenham Hotspur 321 (220)
1970–1971 West Ham United 38 (13)
1975–1976 Brentwood
1976–1977 Chelmsford City 38 (20)
1977–1979 Barnet 51 (16)
1979–1980 Woodford Town
Total 617 (402)
National team
1957–1962[2] England U23 12 (13)
1959–1967[3] England 57 (44)
1965 United Kingdom 1 (1)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  England
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1966 England
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jimmy Greaves (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English football player. He played for England national team.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4][5][6][7]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
London XI 1955–58 – – – 2[c] 2 2 2
Chelsea 1957–58 First Division 35 22 2 0 – – 37 22
1958–59 First Division 42 32 2 2 – 3[c] 3 47 37
1959–60 First Division 40 29 2 1 – – 42 30
1960–61 First Division 40 41 1 0 2 2 – 43 43
Total 157 124 7 3 2 2 3 3 169 132
A.C. Milan 1961–62 Serie A 10 9 1 0 – 2[c] 0 13 9
Tottenham Hotspur 1961–62 First Division 22 21 7 9 0 0 2 0 31 30
1962–63 First Division 41 37 1 0 0 0 7[d] 7 49 44
1963–64 First Division 41 35 2 0 0 0 2[e] 1 45 36
1964–65 First Division 41 29 4 6 0 0 0 0 45 35
1965–66 First Division 29 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 31 16
1966–67 First Division 38 25 8 6 1 0 0 0 47 31
1967–68 First Division 39 23 4 3 0 0 5[f] 3 48 29
1968–69 First Division 42 27 4 4 6 5 0 0 52 36
1969–70 First Division 28 8 4 3 1 0 0 0 33 11
Total 321 220 36 32 8 5 16 11 381 268
West Ham United 1969–70 First Division 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
1970–71 First Division 32 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 34 9
Total 38 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 40 13
Brentwood Town 1975–76 Essex Senior League
Chelmsford City 1976–77 Southern League Premier Division 38 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 20
Barnet 1977–78 Southern League Premier Division 30 13 5 4 0 0 1[g] 1 36 18
1978–79 Southern League Premier Division 21 3 6 3 0 0 1[g] 1 28 7
Total 51 16 11 7 0 0 2 2 64 25
Woodford Town 1979–80 Athenian League
Career total 615 402 56 42 11 7 25 18 707 469
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. ↑ Includes Football League Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Appearances in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  4. ↑ 1 appearance and 2 goals in the 1962 FA Charity Shield (not recognized by Tottenham) and 6 appearances and 5 goals in the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup.
  5. ↑ Appearance/s and goal/s in the European Cup Winners' Cup.
  6. ↑ 1 appearance in the 1967 FA Charity Shield (not recognized by Tottenham) and 4 appearances and 3 goals in the European Cup Winners' Cup.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Appearance/s and goal/s in the FA Trophy.
Jimmy Greaves and England teammate Bobby Charlton in December 1964

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[3]
National team Year Apps Goals
England 1959 5 2
1960 6 9
1961 4 5
1962 10 6
1963 9 8
1964 8 6
1965 5 2
1966 7 5
1967 3 1
Total 57 44

England's goal tally listed first.

International appearances and goals[3]
# Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Goal(s)
1959
1 17 May Estadio Nacional, Lima  Peru 1–4 Friendly 1
2 24 May Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City  Mexico 1–2 Friendly
3 28 May Wrigley Field, Los Angeles  United States 8–1 Friendly
4 17 October Ninian Park, Cardiff  Wales 1–1 1959–60 British Home Championship 1
5 28 October Wembley Stadium, London  Sweden 2–3 Friendly
1960
6 11 May Wembley Stadium, London  Yugoslavia 3–3 Friendly 1
7 15 May Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid  Spain 0–3 Friendly
8 8 October Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 5–2 1960–61 British Home Championship 2
9 19 October Stade Municipale, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 8–0 1962 World Cup qualifier 3
10 26 October Wembley Stadium, London  Spain 4–2 Friendly 1
11 23 November Wembley Stadium, London  Wales 5–1 1960–61 British Home Championship 2
1961
12 15 April Wembley Stadium, London  Scotland 9–3 1960–61 British Home Championship 3
13 21 May Estádio Nacional, Oeiras  Portugal 1–1 1962 World Cup qualifier
14 24 May Stadio Olimpico, Rome  Italy 2–3 Friendly 1
15 27 May Praterstadion, Vienna  Austria 1–3 Friendly 1
1962
16 14 April Hampden Park, Glasgow  Scotland 0–2 1961–62 British Home Championship
17 9 May Wembley Stadium, London   Switzerland 3–1 Friendly
18 20 May Estadio Nacional, Lima  Peru 4–0 Friendly 3
19 31 May Estadio Braden, Rancagua  Hungary 1–2 1962 FIFA World Cup
20 2 June Estadio Braden, Rancagua  Argentina 3–1 1962 FIFA World Cup 1
21 7 June Estadio Braden, Rancagua  Bulgaria 0–0 1962 FIFA World Cup
22 10 June Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar  Brazil 1–3 1962 FIFA World Cup
23 3 October Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield  France 1–1 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
24 20 October Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 3–1 1962–63 British Home Championship 1
25 21 November Wembley Stadium, London  Wales 4–0 1962–63 British Home Championship 1
1963
26 27 February Parc des Princes, Paris  France 2–5 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
27 6 April Wembley Stadium, London  Scotland 1–2 1962–63 British Home Championship
28 8 May Wembley Stadium, London  Brazil 1–1 Friendly
29 29 May Tehelné pole, Bratislava  Czechoslovakia 4–2 Friendly 2
30 5 June St. Jakob Stadium, Basel   Switzerland 8–1 Friendly
31 12 October Ninian Park, Cardiff  Wales 4–0 1963–64 British Home Championship 1
32 23 October Wembley Stadium, London Rest of World 2–1 Friendly 1
33 20 November Wembley Stadium, London  Northern Ireland 8–3 1963–64 British Home Championship 4
1964
34 6 May Wembley Stadium, London  Uruguay 2–1 Friendly
35 17 May Estádio Nacional, Lisbon  Portugal 4–3 Friendly
36 24 May Dalymount Park, Dublin  Republic of Ireland 3–1 Friendly 1
37 30 May Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 1–5 Taça das Nações 1
38 4 June Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo  Portugal 1–1 Taça das Nações
39 6 June Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro  Argentina 0–1 Taça das Nações
40 3 October Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 4–3 1964–65 British Home Championship 3
41 21 October Wembley Stadium, London  Belgium 2–2 Friendly
42 9 December Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam  Netherlands 1–1 Friendly 1
1965
43 10 April Wembley Stadium, London  Scotland 2–2 1964–65 British Home Championship 1
44 5 May Wembley Stadium, London  Hungary 1–0 Friendly 1
45 9 May Red Star Stadium, Belgrade  Yugoslavia 1–1 Friendly
46 2 October Ninian Park, Cardiff  Wales 0–0 1965–66 British Home Championship
47 20 October Wembley Stadium, London  Austria 2–3 Friendly
1966
48 4 May Wembley Stadium, London  Yugoslavia 2–0 Friendly 1
49 29 June Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Norway 6–1 Friendly 4
50 3 July Idrætsparken, Copenhagen  Denmark 2–0 Friendly
51 5 July Silesian Stadium, Chorzów  Poland 1–0 Friendly
52 11 July Wembley Stadium, London  Uruguay 0–0 1966 FIFA World Cup
53 16 July Wembley Stadium, London  Mexico 2–0 1966 FIFA World Cup
54 20 July Wembley Stadium, London  France 2–0 1966 FIFA World Cup
1967
55 15 April Wembley Stadium, London  Scotland 2–3 1966–67 British Home Championship
56 24 May Wembley Stadium, London  Spain 2–0 Friendly 1
57 27 May Praterstadion, Vienna  Austria 1–0 Friendly

Honours

Greaves (in cap and jacket) returning to Chelsea in 2011

A.C. Milan

Tottenham Hotspur

England

  • FIFA World Cup: 1966[15]
  • British Home Championship: 1959–60 (shared), 1960–61, 1963–64 (shared), 1964–65, 1965–66; runner-up: 1962–63, 1966–67[16]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "James Peter Greaves". England Football Online. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "England – U-23 International Results- Details". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "James Peter "Jimmy" Greaves – Goals in International Matches". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Greaves & Scott 2004, pp. 500–22
  5. ↑ "Downhill Second Half - A Barnet FC Archive | Jimmy GREAVES". www.downhillsecondhalf.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  6. ↑ London XI: https://www.playmakerstats.com/player_results.php?id=26151&competicao_id=232&epoca_id=87 Archived 21 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine and https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jimmy-greaves/europa-league-1955-1958/london-xi/3/ Archived 21 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Chelmsford City F.C.: https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/18007/Jimmy_Greaves.html Archived 21 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "Italy 1961/62". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Tottenham 3–1 Burnley". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Greaves & Scott 2004, p. 382
  11. ↑ Greaves & Scott 2004, p. 300
  12. ↑ "Mind the bounce!". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  13. ↑ Greaves & Scott 2004, p. 316
  14. ↑ Holmes, Logan (4 May 2013). "Jimmy Greaves sets new goal scoring record for Tottenham". HotSpurHQ. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "Jimmy Greaves: Former England & Spurs striker in intensive care". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "England in the Home International (British) Championship - Tournament Record". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 2023-01-04.