Jimmy Greaves

Also known as James Peter Greaves, James Peter "Jimmy" Greaves

English professional football player (1940-2021)

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Jimmy Greaves (1940–2021) was an English soccer player who played as a forward. His professional career spanned from 1957 to 1979. Born on February 20, 1940, and deceased on September 19, 2021, he stood 1.73 meters tall and weighed 64 kilograms. He was a male from England and had five children.

Beyond his athletic career, Greaves was an author. Open Library lists 33 works attributed to him, including *Football's Great Heroes and Entertainers*, *Final*, *This One's on Me*, *Ball Game*, and *Don't Shoot the Manager*. Crossref records five of his works. He maintained an official website at jimmygreaves.net.

Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

1961: AC Milan
1965: United Kingdom
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)
Position: Striker
1955 1957: Chelsea
Years: Team
1957 1961: Chelsea
1961 1970: Tottenham Hotspur
1970 1971: West Ham United
1975 1976: Brentwood
1976 1977: Chelmsford City
1977 1979: Barnet
1979 1980: Woodford Town

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Jimmy
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Manor Park
Place of death: Danbury
Occupation: television presenter
Languages spoken: English language
Award: English Football Hall of Fame
Participant in: 1968 UEFA European Championship
Sport: association football
Member of team: England men's national association football team
Position played: forward
Country for sport: England
Mass: 64
Official website: jimmygreaves.net
Image: Jimmy Greaves (cropped).jpg
Height: 1.73
Number of children: 5

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date of birth: 1940-02-20
Commons category: Jimmy Greaves
end of work period: 1979-00-00
start of work period: 1957-00-00
date of death: 2021-09-19
name in native language: Jimmy Greaves
birth name: James Peter Greaves

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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Peter Greaves (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward and is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and one of England's best ever players. He is England's fifth-highest international goalscorer with 44 goals, which includes an English record of six hat-tricks, and is Tottenham Hotspur's second-highest all-time top goalscorer. Greaves is the highest goalscorer in the history of English top-flight football with 357 goals. He finished as the First Division's top scorer in six seasons, more times than any other player and came third in the 1963 Ballon d'Or rankings. He is also a member of the English Football Hall of Fame.

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