Refinitiv Newscasts - Former England striker Greaves dies aged 81

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19/09/2021 15:54

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Description: England soccer's top flight all-time leading scorer and World Cup
winner Jimmy Greaves has died aged 81. Edward Baran reports
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>> Jimmy Greaves, Tottenham Hotspur's record goalscorer and one of England's
most prolific strikers has died at the age of 81, the Premier League Club said
on Sunday. Greaves scored 266 goals for Tottenham between 1961 and 1970, and
his 37 league goals in the '62, '63 season remains a club record. He began his
career with Chelsea in 1957. Greaves scored 44 goals in 57 international's for
England, making him the country's fourth highest scorer. He played in
England's three group games at the 1966 World Cup before getting injured.
Tottenham said in a statement that Greaves died at his home in the early hours
of Sunday morning. In later life, Greaves struggled with alcoholism before
becoming a TV presenter on the popular Saint and Greavsie program. His record
of 357 goals in the English top-flight remains unsurpassed 50 years since he
retired as a professional in 1971