Legacy and Post Football Career
Hurst's contribution to the English game was recognised in 2004 when he was inducted in the English Football Hall of Fame. Hurst is also one of the few footballers who have been knighted, and this recognises his contribution to the game.
He is currently Director of Football for McDonald's fast food chain.
On 1 April 2010 Hurst took part in an April Fool with online betting company Blue Square. The company staged a mock up press conference to announce their continued sponsorship of the Football Conference in which a journalist asked Hurst if the second goal of his World Cup hat-trick crossed the line. For the purpose of the stunt Hurst acted out a confession that he'd known all along that the ball had not crossed the line. This was retracted later in the day.
Hurst was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by the University of East London in November 2010.
A new statue of Geoff Hurst by Sculpture For Sport was unveiled outside local club Curzon Ashton in December 2010. He is shown alongside fellow 1966 squad member Jimmy Armfield and Simone Perrotta, all World Cup medal winners born in the borough of Tameside whose council commissioned the work.
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