Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore OBE (12 April 1941 – 24 February 1993) was an English professional footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years, and was the captain of the England national team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Moore, an inspired defensive player, made his professional debut with West Ham United in 1958, and within months he was captain of the England Youth side. In 1964 he was named English Footballer of the Year after leading West Ham to the 1963–64 FA Cup championship, and the next year he guided the club to the European Cup Winners’ Cup title.

Feb 24, 2022 · The world of football was rocked to the core by the passing of Bobby Moore OBE, when he tragically lost his brave battle with liver cancer in his Putney Heath home at 6.36am on this day exactly 29 years ago, Wednesday 24 February 1993, aged just 51.

Feb 24, 2023 · Bobby Moore OBE, West Ham United’s greatest-ever player and England's 1966 FIFA World Cup-winning captain, passed away on this day, 24 February, in 1993. The legendary centre-half made 646 league and cup appearances for the Hammers, scoring 27 goals and preventing hundreds more, across 16 seasons.

Feb 24, 1993 · Bobby Moore OBE, West Ham United’s greatest-ever player and England's 1966 FIFA World Cup-winning captain, sadly passed away on this day 27 years ago. The legendary centre-back made 646 league and cup appearances …

Moore was born in Barking on April 12, 1941, and made his debut for West Ham United against Manchester United in September 1958, gaining his place at the expense of Malcolm Allison who was suffering from tuberculosis.

Jul 12, 2024 · Bobby Moore died in 1993 at the age of 51. His life was football, in real having his club career with West Ham United, playing for The Hammers from 1958 to 1974. Bobby Moore was an uncapped England player as he flew to South America with the rest of the squad for the 1962 World Cup.

Bobby made over 500 appearances for West Ham United including victories in the FA Cup Final of 1964 and European Cup Winners Cup Final of 1965. He was voted Footballer of the Year in 1964 and BBC Sport Personality of the Year in 1966.

Feb 25, 2013 · Having led West Ham to FA Cup glory in 1964, it is ironic that Moore’s last club game in England in 1975 came against the side that he represented 544 times. West Ham ended up winning in a game that provoked mixed emotions for Moore.

Apr 12, 2020 · Legendary West Ham United centre half and skipper Bobby Moore would have turned 79 today (Sunday, April 12). The defender played more than 100 times for England and almost 800 times in his club career in English football, which spanned spent 16 years at West Ham, before moving on to Fulham, where he spent four years.