Jimmy Greaves, (born 20 February 1940- in East Ham, England) is of the most prolific goalscorers in the history of English football. He made his debut for Chelsea in 1957 scoring in his first match. Having scored 124 League goals in only four seasons at Chelsea, Greaves moved to Milan at the start of the 1961/62 season, and though he never settled in Italy, he still managed nine goals in ten games.   After just a few months abroad, Greaves came back to England when Tottenham manager Bill Nicholson paid a British record fee of £99,999 to take him  to White Hart Lane in December 1961. He managed 21 goals in 22 League matches during what remained of that season.  The following season he scored 37 goals in 41 matches  - a club record which stands to this day.  He scored two goals in the European Cup Winner's Cup Final in 1963 and won a FA Cup winners medal against his old club Chelsea in 1967. Having made his debut against Peru in Lima in May 1959 he scored 44 goals in 56 England internationals, twice scoring four times in a match and also registering four hat-tricks.  Highlights of his international career included a hat-trick against Scotland in 1961.  However, injury early on in the 1966 World Cup meant that Greaves was forced to watch the victory in the final over West Germany from the bench. By 1965 hepatitis and increasing dependence on alcohol affected his career.  In March 1970, Greaves moved to West Ham as part of the deal which saw Martin Peters move in the opposite direction.  He retired in 1971 and his  good humour and ebullient personality enabled him to embark on a new career as a television sports commentator during the 1980s.  A witty and shrewd student of the game over the past forty years Greaves has written a number of books. Another Totthenham striker, Clive Allen, summed up Greaves' footballing ability rather well: 'He was always very calm, very collected and, where scoring goals was concerned, he was a Picasso.'