Jimmy Greaves

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

English professional football player (1940-2021)

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Vinony's link graph records 663 inbound references to Jimmy Greaves, and connects out to UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, FA Community Shield and 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Vinony files it under 1940 births, 1962 FIFA World Cup players and 1966 FIFA World Cup players.

Vinony links it to 44 Wikipedia language editions.

Film & TV

Poplar, London, England, UK

Known for

Kenny Dalglish — Self (archive footage)2025
Greavsie — Self2020
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys — Self2016
Brass Eye — Self1997
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - Greavsie's 6 of the Best Matches from the 80's — Himself1994
Arsenal F.C. - Greavsie's 6 of the Best Matches from the 80's — Himself1994
The Jimmy Greaves Story1990
Arsenal F.C. - Greavsie's 6 of The Best Matches From The 70's — Himself1989
Liverpool F.C. - Greavsie's 6 of the Best Matches from the 70's — Himself1989
Liverpool F.C. - Greavsie's 6 of the Best Matches from the 80's — Himself1988

via TMDB

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

via Wikipedia infobox

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jimmy Greaves” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.