Editing Geoff Hurst (section)

==Personal life==
As of 2021, Hurst lived in [[Cheltenham]], Gloucestershire,<ref>{{cite web | last=McRae | first=Donald | title='Trying to hide heartache merely leads to more grief': Geoff Hurst at 80 on highs, lows and the boys of '66 | website=the Guardian | date=3 December 2021 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/dec/03/geoff-hurst-heartache-1966-world-cup-donald-mcrae-interview | access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref> with his wife Judith. They have been married since 13 October 1964, having met three years previously at a youth centre; [[Eddie Presland]] was best man.<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=71}}</ref> They had three daughters but the eldest Claire died in 2010 after a ten-year long battle against a [[brain tumour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/england-world-cup-winning-icon-sir-geoff-hurst-guest-of-honour-at-gloucestershire-question-of-sport|title=England World Cup winning icon Sir Geoff Hurst guest of honour at Gloucestershire Question of Sport|website=Punchline-gloucester.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-2855317/claire-hurst-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people|title=Claire Hurst|website=Myheritage.com|access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/geoff-hurst-exclusive-interview-celebrates-3311492|title=Geoff Hurst exclusive interview: The England hero on turning 70, how the '66 World Cup final almost sank the Isle of Wight ferry and more|first=Mirror|last=Football|date=7 December 2011|website=mirror}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/you-ask-the-questions-sir-geoff-hurst-9185661.html|title=You ask the questions: Sir Geoff Hurst|date=29 August 2001|website=The Independent}}</ref> Hurst had one brother, Robert, who died by suicide in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |last=McRae |first=Donald |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/dec/03/geoff-hurst-heartache-1966-world-cup-donald-mcrae-interview |title='Trying to hide heartache merely leads to more grief': Geoff Hurst at 80 on highs, lows and the boys of '66 |date=3 December 2021 |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

In November 2020, Hurst offered to donate his brain after his death for research into [[dementia]]. This followed the deaths of several of his 1966 World Cup winning colleagues, [[Jack Charlton]], [[Martin Peters]], [[Ray Wilson (English footballer)|Ray Wilson]], [[Nobby Stiles]] after suffering with the disease (also [[Bobby Charlton]] who died later).<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview: Sir Geoff Hurst Speaks Out On The Issue Of Dementia In Football Players |url=https://www.casino.org/blog/interview-sir-geoff-hurst-on-dementia/ |website=Casino.org |date=8 June 2021 |access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/geoff-hurst-would-donate-own-brain-to-dementia-research-after-deaths-of-1966-england-teammates-b72994.html|title=World Cup hero Hurst offers to donate own brain to dementia research|first=Malik|last=Ouzia|date=18 November 2020|website=Standard.co.uk}}</ref>

While playing for [[Stoke City F.C.]] Hurst owned the Royal Oak Inn, [[Eccleshall]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sheet & Anchor, Baldwin's Gate, Newcastle, Staffordshire.|accessdate=9 Feb 2023|website=What Pub|url=https://whatpub.com/pubs/STA/2703/royal-oak-eccleshall}}</ref>