geoff hurst (born 8 december 1941) is an english retired professional footballer. he was born in ashton-under-lyne, lancashire and moved to chelmsford, essex when he was eight. he played football for west ham united f.c. over 400 times. he also played for the england national football team and scored a hat trick (three goals) in the 1966 world cup final which england won 4–2.