Editing Geoff Hurst (section)

==Early life==
Hurst was born in [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Lancashire]], England, on 8 December 1941.<ref name="page 24">{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=24}}</ref> He had two younger siblings: Diane and Robert.<ref name="page 24"/> His family moved to [[Chelmsford]], Essex when he was six years old.<ref name="page 24"/> His father, [[Charlie Hurst]], was a professional footballer who played at centre-half for [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]], [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] and [[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]].<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=22}}</ref> His mother, Evelyn Hopkins, was from a [[Gloucestershire]] family, with her mother's side originally from Germany.<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=23}}</ref> As a teenager he was obsessed with football, and was once fined £1 for disturbing the peace after persistently kicking a football into his neighbour's garden.<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=26}}</ref>

Hurst played one [[first-class cricket]] match for [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/14322.html |title=Geoff Hurst player profile |publisher=Cricinfo.com}} Retrieved on 12 September 2008.</ref> against [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] at [[Aigburth]] in 1962, although it was not a successful outing: he made 0 [[not out]] in the first [[innings]], and was [[bowled]] by [[Colin Hilton]], again for 0, in the second.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://acscricket.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25458.html |title=Lancashire v Essex, County Championship 1962 |publisher=CricketArchive.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210023255/http://acscricket.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25458.html |archive-date=10 February 2009}} Retrieved on 12 September 2008.</ref> However, he appeared 23 times in the Essex Second XI between 1962 and 1964, usually as a [[wicket-keeper]], before concentrating entirely on football.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://acscricket.com/Archive/Players/4/4915/Second_Eleven_Championship_Matches.html |title=Second Eleven Championship Matches played by Geoff Hurst (23) |publisher=CricketArchive.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210155741/http://acscricket.com/Archive/Players/4/4915/Second_Eleven_Championship_Matches.html |archive-date=10 February 2009}} Retrieved on 12 September 2008.</ref>

Under his father's management of the club, Hurst played once for [[Halstead Town F.C.|Halstead Town]] reserves at the age of "about 14".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=10155 |title=HURST WILL BE ROOTING FOR A SUDBURY WIN |date=10 May 2003 |access-date=3 July 2018 |work=Non League Daily |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001022639/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=10155 |archive-date=1 October 2012}}</ref>