7. Geoff Hurst
Geoff Hurst was a goal machine for England national team. When a person scores a hat-trick in the world cup finals, what else can we add to that? Thanks to his hat-trick in the 1966 world cup, England defeated Germany 4-2 and. Another reason why Geoff Hurst will always be on any best English footballer list is that the 1966 world cup victory was England’s first and only FIFA world cup victory so far.
