Bobby Moore captained West Ham for more than a decade and is arguably England's most celebrated footballer, and today he was paid tribute at the club's home ground of Upton Park prior to their English Premier League fixture against Tottenham Hotspur.
England's 1966 World Cup winning captain is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, and to honour him his grandchildren Poppy (21), Freddie (16) and Ava (13) led West Ham out onto the pitch to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of the Hammers legend.
Other features of the celebration of the life of a football great included a 100-page matchday tribute programme, as well as a minute's applause and interviews screened at the park.
Club co-chairman David Gold said: "He was our England World Cup-winning captain, but also more personally for all of us here at West Ham, a legend at our club and always will be," said Gold.
"It was great to see so many West Ham fans turn out in what was bitterly cold weather. But they wanted to pay their respects to a man we hold very dear at this club."
Moore, a defender with 108 caps for his country, was born Robert Frederick Chelsea More on April 12, 1941 in Barking, Essex, and died February 24, 1993 at just 51-years-of-age.
He was West Ham Player Of The Year – 1960/1961, 1962/1963, 1967/1968, 1969/1970, appearing for the club on 544 occassions and scoring 24 goals.
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