Jimmy Greaves
Greaves in 2007
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Peter Greaves | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Manor Park, Essex, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1955–1957 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1961 | Chelsea | 157 | (124) |
| 1961 | A.C. Milan | 12 | (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 | ||
| 1979–1980 | Woodford Town | ||
| Total | 566 | (386) | |
| National team | |||
| 1957–1962 | England U23 | 12 | (13) |
| 1959–1967 | England | 57 | (44) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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James Peter "Jimmy" Greaves (born 20 February 1940) is a former England international footballer who played as a forward. He is England's fourth highest international goalscorer (44 goals), Tottenham Hotspur's highest ever goalscorer (266 goals), the highest goalscorer in the history of English top-flight football (357 goals), and has also scored more hat-tricks (six) for England than anyone else. He finished as the First Division's top scorer in six seasons. He is a member of the English Football Hall of Fame.
Greaves began his professional career at Chelsea in 1957, and played in the following year's FA Youth Cup final. He scored 124 First Division goals in just four seasons before being sold on to Italian club A.C. Milan for £80,000 in April 1961. His stay in Italy was not a happy one and he returned to England with Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £99,999 in December 1961. Whilst with Spurs he won the FA Cup in 1961–62 and 1966–67, the Charity Shield in 1962 and 1967, and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1962–63; he never won a league title but did help Spurs to a second-place finish in 1962–63. He moved to West Ham United in a player-exchange in March 1970 and retired the following year. After a four-year absence he returned to football at the non-league level, despite suffering from alcoholism. In a five-year spell he played for Brentwood, Chelmsford City, Barnet, and Woodford Town.
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