Bobby Moore

Bobby Moore to most followers of the Hammers is West Ham United. From his debut in 1958 to the last games before he moved to Fulham in the mid 70s, Moore was always at the top of his game. A player who, despite his lack of pace, possessed a footballing brain that made acceleration unnecessary. With pinpoint passing and a level of anticipation that saved him and West Ham from goal danger on many occasions, Moore was the ultimate professional. As a man unassuming, as a player unsurpassed, it could only have been Moore who was good enough to captain England to World Cup Glory in 1966, the only time they have ever got to a final, let alone won the competition. Two years before, he captained West Ham United to FA Cup success in 1964 and then the European Cup Winners Cup trophy in 1965. The fact that these remain some of West Ham’s greatest achievements all these years later, speaks reams about a player who was taken from us too soon in 1993 with cancer, aged just 51.
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