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3 de dic. de 2021 · Sir Geoff Hurst, who scored a hat-trick in England's 1966 World Cup final victory, near his home in Cheltenham in December 2021. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian. England’s World Cup final...
1 de dic. de 2020 · Sir Geoff Hurst admits the alarming number of former England team-mates afflicted by dementia has led to his own fears of suffering with the illness. World Cup winners Ray Wilson, Martin...
18 de nov. de 2020 · World Cup winner Sir Geoff Hurst has said he would donate his brain to science after research linked heading footballs to dementia. Sir Geoff, 78, told Sky News he "would have to discuss it with his wife first", but added: "Off the top of my head, I don't see any reason why I shouldn't donate my brain."
25 de dic. de 2022 · In this exclusive interview first published in July 2022, Sir Geoff Hurst says seeing most of his 1966 World Cup winning team-mates suffer with dementia convinced him to preserve his memories...
Hace 5 días · At one reunion, Ray Wilson shocked his former team-mates by announcing in that matter-of-fact way of his that he had been diagnosed with dementia. Nobby Stiles, the tough-tackling midfielder,...
1 de dic. de 2020 · Sir Geoff Hurst admits the alarming number of former England team-mates afflicted by dementia has led to his own fears of suffering with the illness. World Cup winners Ray Wilson, Martin...
In November 2020, Hurst offered to donate his brain after his death for research into dementia. This followed the deaths of several of his 1966 World Cup winning colleagues, Jack Charlton , Martin Peters , Ray Wilson , Nobby Stiles after suffering with the disease (also Bobby Charlton who died later).