Today in history : 12 april , 1941 : Booby Moore Birthday

Quotations

• "My captain, my leader, my right-hand man. He was the spirit and the heartbeat of the team. A cool, calculating footballer I could trust with my life. He was the supreme professional, the best I ever worked with. Without him England would never have won the World Cup." Alf Ramsey*
• "He was my friend as well as the greatest defender I ever played against. The world has lost one of its greatest football players and an honourable gentleman." Pelé
• "Bobby Moore was a real gentleman and a true friend." Franz Beckenbauer
• "Bobby Moore was the best defender in the history of the game" Franz Beckenbauer^[9]

• "There should be a law against him. He knows what's happening 20 minutes before everyone else." Jock Stein
• "Ask me to talk about Bobby Moore the footballer and I will talk for days. Ask me about the man and I will dry up in a minute." Ron Greenwood (from Jeff Powell (journalist) quoted in When Saturday Comes issue 260, October 2008)