England’s 1966 World Cup-winning captain has come out on top in a poll conducted by the Radio Times.
Which club side is the only one to have won the World Cup? Ask any fan of West Ham and they’ll proudly name their beloved team.
Hammers trio Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters all played vital roles as England won the 1966 World Cup on home soil.
Moore captained the Three Lions to glory despite being just 25 years old at the time and to this day remains iconic for both club and country.
After joining the Hammers as a teenager, Barking-born Moore made his first-team debut as a 17-year-old against Manchester United in September 1958.
Soon enough, the defender was given the captain’s armband for club and country, and between 1964 and 1966, he lifted the FA Cup, European Cup Winners’ Cup and Jules Rimet Trophy.
To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award, the Radio Times asked its readers to vote for their favourite winner of the annual sporting celebration.
And Moore, who won the accolade in 1966, came top of the list ahead of modern British greats Andy Murray and Lewis Hamilton, who finished second and third respectively.
Some West Ham fans took to Twitter after the news was announced on Tuesday to pay tribute to their homegrown legend and even suggest a posthumous knighthood:
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