Obituary Thread

[Greyhound]

Film musical actress Jane Powell, 92.

Some Exewebbers will remember her leading role in "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers".

 

[CC]

Jimmy Greaves aged 81. I'm too young to have known him as a player but his stats are extraordinary, and I loved him Saint & Greavsie and the like in the 80s and 90s.

 

[Tim Long]

Jimmy Greaves aged 81. I'm too young to have known him as a player but his stats are extraordinary, and I loved him Saint & Greavsie and the like in the 80s and 90s.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Jimmy Greaves aged 81. I'm too young to have known him as a player but his stats are extraordinary, and I loved him Saint & Greavsie and the like in the 80s and 90s.

One of his last public speaking engagements before he was taken seriously ill with a stroke was at SJP a few years back.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

He was just finishing his career when I began following football.His record spoke for itself.
We all loved his relaxed style on TV with Ian St John.
He is back with ‘The Saint’ somewhere.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Jimmy Greaves, England and Tottenham great, dies aged 81

Jimmy Greaves, one of England’s greatest strikers and later a successful broadcaster, has died at 81

www.theguardian.com

 

[Banksy]

Rest in Peace Greavsie.

 

[haka]

Saint and Greavsie was an enjoyable watch, but in a way it creates a misleading impression, because for both of those great players there's a lot more TV footage of them in the studio than on the pitch. Greaves was at his peak even before the 1966 World Cup, scoring about 3 goals a season ... on telly.

The best English striker ever? Probably. RIP.

 

[haka]

Actually he scored 4 goals in this one game ... though the defending was generous!

 

[Colesman Ballz]

Certainly remember his hatrick against us in the FL Cup at White Hart Lane in 1968. We lost 6-3, although we had led 1-0, and again at 2-1. Whenever he was put through the middle his pace meant that inevitably the ball ended up in rhe back of our net ! RIP Jimmy.