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Knight the 5 un-knighted footballers from the 1966 World Cup Winning team.

Submitted on Sunday 17th February 2019

Rejected on Tuesday 26th February 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: honours (see below for details)

Petition Action

Knight the 5 un-knighted footballers from the 1966 World Cup Winning team.

Petition Details

In this day of Instant recognition and mediocre celebrity it is inconceivable that all the players of the1966 World Cup winners have not been Knighted.

Additional Information

Of the original team, Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks and Ray Wilson have died. Bobby Charlton was knighted in 1994 and Geoff Hurst in 1998. This leaves Jackie Charlton, George Cohen, Nobby Stiles, Martin Peters and Roger Hunt.


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