Legendary Players
40 entries in the West Ham United compendium.
Legendary Players — Era Chart
Bobby MooreThe only captain England ever needed, and the Hammers' eternal heartbeat.Geoff HurstThe Hammer who scored six goals in one match, lifted the FA Cup at Wembley, and made histoFrank ParkerThis tagline refers to a player who is not historically recorded as a West Ham United goalJimmy GreavesTwo seasons, 16 goals, a lifetime of 'Where's the ball?' in the East End.Martin PetersThe player Sir Alf Ramsey called 'ten years ahead of his time' — and the man who scored EnDavid SpeedieLoan lion who sparked West Ham's 1992–93 promotion charge.Alan SunderlandThe quiet architect who made West Ham's midfield sing in the late eighties.Martin VickersThe left-back who turned defence into a promise and kept his word every single run.Terry DykesThe iron wall on the left that held Europe at bay.Chris WaddleOne left foot, one lane, and a decade of pure magic at the Boleyn Ground.Tony DorigoThe reliable understudy who never got his World Cup moment.Andy TownsendThe midfielder who went from non-league to World Cup quarter-finals and became a leading vPaul InceThe artist in the middle of the park who made Upton Park feel like a theatre of football.Steve ClaridgeA wall of a man who made every header look like a declaration of war.Les FerdinandThe hammer who brought the full weight of the game to the Boleyn Ground.David JamesThe shot-stopper who made the impossible save and then winked at the crowd.Steve WalfordThe unblinking wall that stood between the opposition and the net, season after unglamorouFreddie LjungbergThe Swede who crossed like thunder and led by example at Upton Park.Carlton ColeThe header that bent physics and gave the Hammers their only European crown.Dimitri PayetThe Frenchman who made the Boleyn Ground believe in beautiful football again.Manuel LanziniThe Argentine who made the Hammers' midfield look like a tango.Andy CarrollA 6'4" battering ram who turned high balls into high drama at the Boleyn Ground.Declan RiceThe kid from the academy who made the East End believe the midfield was finally theirs—andBilly BondsThe heartbeat of West Ham for two decades.Geoff ThomasThe fan who played for his boyhood club.John LukicThe silent wall: economy, nerve, and a pair of hands that never trembled.Alvin MartinOne club, one captain, one legend: the defensive anchor of the Hammers.Julian DicksThe Terminator: hard as nails, heart of claret and blue.Tony CotteeThe boy from the East End who grew up to be a Hammer god.Frank Lampard Sr.The Hammers' iron left-back and family patriarch.Ray StewartUpton Park's right-back; the pen that never wobbled.Ludek MikloskoThe Czech wall who guarded the Hammers' goal with quiet steel.Steve PottsThe quiet guardian of the backline: a Hammer through and through.Alan DevonshireThe silk and grace of East London's finest.Phil ParkesThe safe hands that lifted the FA Cup and silenced Highbury.Johnny ByrneBudgie soared highest when the Hammers needed him most.Vic WatsonThe Hammer who scored a hat-trick of hat-tricks—and then some.Jimmy RuffellThe flying winger who defined an era.Ken BrownIron defender and FA Cup-winning manager.Ted FentonThe man who saw a future in a muddy teenager.
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