After winning the double with us in 1961, in addition to the FA Cup in 1962 and European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1963, Maurice (pictured, above, with Bobby Smith and Danny Blanchflower in our changing room in 1958) lined up in a friendly match against a Hungarian Select XI at White Hart Lane in November, 1965. Unfortunately, it would change his life forever.
Aged just 31, he badly broke his leg in the game and, after battling to recover fitness for 18 months, he had to call it a day in the summer of 1967.
Fifty years on, Maurice recently put pen to paper to share his fascinating stories and memories with us.