6 Members England World Cup 1966 Footballers + Alf Ramsey Autographs on page:

Ray Wilson; Geoff Hurst; Alf Ramsey; Bobby Charlton; Jackie Charlton; George Cohen & Alan Ball. Ball Cohen

Provenance: 

From a large collection of Autographs (c500 +) in two albums that were personally obtained by Mr Bernard Sullivan (Apr 1920 – Feb 2017), renowned Senior Toastmaster for the Society of London Toastmasters.

Over his long distinguished career, he worked with many people from around the world including Royalty, Heads of States, Archbishops, HM Judges, Stars of Stage and Screen , Politicians and Sportsmen, many becoming like old friends. During his 58 years as a Toastmaster, he gradually built up a large, impressive collection of autographs, which were all personally collected by him. He cherished them and proudly showed them off to friends and family.  

Sullivan would use whatever was available to hand to get his autograph. This may be a menu, a business card, a scrap from his notes, a page from a programme, a ticket to the event, etc.

The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men’s senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 to 30 July 1966. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the final to win their first ever World Cup title. The final was level at 2–2 after 90 minutes and went to extra time, when Geoff Hurst scored two goals to complete his hat-trick, the first to be scored in a men’s World Cup final. Portuguese striker Eusébio was the tournament’s top scorer, with nine goals clinching the golden boot with three goals more than second placed Helmut Haller. It was the first FIFA World Cup held in the English-speaking world.