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Article: Soccer legend wows fans at city store; VIP VISIT: Hundreds queue to meet hero of 1966 World Cup tournament Sir Geoff Hurst.(News)
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- Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
- Article date:
- May 29, 2006
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Byline: By Stephen Hallmark
SIR Geoff Hurst wowed fans at a Coventry store as the football legend made the first of what will be a hat-trick of appearances in the city.
Famed for his three-goal haul against West Germany in the classic 1966 World Cup Final, at Wembley, the England striker stayed for four hours to sign autographs and have his photo taken.
Hundreds of people from across the region filed into the PowerHouse electrical store, at the Gallagher Retail Park in Foleshill, to ...