Jimmy Greaves
Jimmy Greaves
James Peter "Jimmy" Greavesis a former England international footballer. He is England's fourth highest international goalscorer, Tottenham Hotspur's highest ever goalscorer, the highest goalscorer in the history of English top-flight football, and has also scored more hat-tricksfor 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth20 February 1940
Jimmy Greaves quotes about
death devastated drove nearly
Jimmy's death devastated my wife, Irene, and myself. It nearly drove us out of our minds,
english-athlete
We signed to play until the day we died, and we did.
heartbroken football regret
The biggest regret of my whole football career was leaving White Hart Lane in 1970.....my interest in football weakened after that. I was heartbroken
soccer funny-soccer problem
We are really the victims of our own problems
ambassadors britain greater
Britain never had a greater sporting ambassador.
soccer goal funny-soccer
The only thing Norwich didn't get was the goal that they finally got
soccer funny-soccer portsmouth
Portsmouth are at Huddersfield, which is always away
soccer games people
He hit the post, and after the game people will say, well, he hit the post.