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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Martin Peters, who recently died was a famous player of which game?
A
Football
B
Cricket
C
Boxing
D
Wrestling
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Martin Stanford Peters MBE (8 November 1943 – 21 December 2019) was an English footballer and manager. As a member of the England team which won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he scored the second of England’s four goals in the final against West Germany.

Detailed explanation-2: -Born on 8 November 1943, in nearby Plaistow, Martin joined the Hammers as a 15-year-old apprentice in the summer of 1959 and made his first team debut less than three years later, at the age of 18 in a 4-1 home defeat over Cardiff City.

Detailed explanation-3: -His ashes have been interred within the foundations of his statue at the London Stadium, the new home of West Ham United, in September 2021. x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Detailed explanation-4: -Peters made his England debut in May 1966. The young midfielder made his World Cup debut, winning just his 4th international cap, after England’s drab draw in the opening game against Uruguay. Ramsey changed his tactics, forming a 4–1-3-2 system later nicknamed the “the wingless wonders".

Detailed explanation-5: -Queen Elizabeth II presents England captain Bobby Moore with the World Cup trophy.

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