Jimmy Greaves, England World Cup winner and Tottenham legend, dies aged 81

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(CNN)Jimmy Greaves, a World Cup victor with England successful 1966 and 1 of the astir prolific goalscorers successful English shot history, has died astatine the property of 81, his erstwhile nine Tottenham said.

A Tottenham fable and the club's all-time grounds goalscorer, Greaves scored a singular 266 goals successful 379 appearances betwixt 1961 and 1970, helping Spurs triumph the FA Cup doubly and the European Cup Winners Cup.

For England, Greaves was a subordinate of the nationalist team's 1966 World Cup-winning squad and inactive boasts the champion conversion complaint of immoderate England player, scoring 44 goals successful conscionable 57 appearances.

    "We are highly saddened to larn of the passing of the large Jimmy Greaves, not conscionable Tottenham Hotspur's grounds goalscorer but the finest marksman this state has ever seen," Tottenham said successful a statement.

      Jimmy Greaves playing for Tottenham successful  1968.

      "Jimmy passed distant astatine location successful the aboriginal hours of this morning, aged 81."

      Greaves is wide considered 1 of the top goalscorers of his procreation and besides represented Chelsea, AC Milan and West Ham during a glittering career. He remains the grounds goalscorer successful English football's apical formation with 357 goals.

      "Jimmy Greaves was idiosyncratic who was admired by each who emotion football, careless of nine allegiances," existent England manager Gareth Southgate said successful a statement.

      "Jimmy surely deserves inclusion successful immoderate database of England's champion players, fixed his presumption arsenic 1 of our top goalscorers and his portion successful our 1966 World Cup success.

      "We volition wage tribute to his representation astatine our location lucifer with Hungary astatine Wembley Stadium adjacent month. His spot successful our past volition ne'er beryllium forgotten."

      Jimmy Greaves collecting his World Cup winners medal successful  2009 from past    Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

        Greaves missed retired connected a World Cup winners medal successful 1966, but was yet awarded 1 successful 2009 aft a lengthy instrumentality campaign.

        Following his retirement, Greaves enjoyed a palmy broadcast career, going connected to co-host the fashionable shot amusement "Saint and Greavsie" alongside erstwhile Liverpool striker Ian St. John betwixt 1985 and 1992.

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