By Chris Wright
Twenty years ago today, English football lost a true bastion when Bobby Moore lost his battle against cancer at the age of 51.
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- Fresh-faced West Ham youngsters Andrew Smillie, Bobby Moore and Tony Scott pose at a pre-season photocall, 1958.
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- Bobby Moore poses with the Hammers across his chest, 1962.
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- Bobby Moore and wife-to-be Tina tend to the garden of their new home at Gants Hill, Ilford, Essex, 1962.
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- Already looking every inch the iconic England captain, Bobby Moore in 1963.
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- A West Ham team consisting of Moore, Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst celebrate after beating 1860 Munich 2-0 to lift the European Cup Winners Cup in 1965
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- An immaculately pristine Bobby Moore turns out for an England training session, 1965.
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- England captain Bobby Moore shakes hands with the Queen before England’s first match against Uruguay at the 1966 World Cup.
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- Victorious England captain Bobby Moore holds the Jules Rimet trophy aloft, 1966.
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- Bobby Moore leaves Buckingham Palace with his wife Tina after receiving his insignia as an officer of the British Empire (OBE), 1967.
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- England captain Bobby Moore leads George Cohen, Geoff Hurst, Alan Ball, Ray Wilson, Gordon Banks and Bobby Charlton out into Wembley Stadium ahead of the Euro qualifier against Scotland, 1967
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- England’s Bobby Moore poses at the captain’s photocall ahead of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. Note the swanky ‘Airtex’ shirt.
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- Bobby Moore shakes Pele’s hand after his imperious display in England’s 1-0 defeat against Brazil at Mexico ’70.
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- Bobby Moore signs an autograph for a fan outside his new sportswear emporium over the road from West Ham’s ground, 1971
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- Fulham’s new signing Flemming Hanssen (centre) poses with teammates Bobby Moore and Alan Mullery, 1974
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- Bobby Moore knows the drill as he poses for a promo shot at the launch of the ‘Superstadia Consortium’, 1990
R.I.P
(Photos: PA)