The family of Bobby Moore is appealing for help to find the red shirt he wore in the 1966 World Cup final
His daughter Roberta Moore said it was last seen in a blue sports bag in the attic of the family’s home in Chigwell, Essex, but had vanished.
Ms Moore said the family wants “nothing more” than for the shirt to “come home to the family where it belongs”.
It is thought the shirt was sold at auction to a private buyer.
The red shirt worn by the England captain in 1966 had been stored away with shirts from other historic footballing moments in his career including a Brazil shirt handed to Moore by Pele during the 1970 World Cup.
Ms Moore said that although the shirts were not on display the sentimental value to the family was huge.
She said: “Back in the day we didn’t really frame shirts and put them on the wall... it felt like a treasure to us as a family and my father was so proud of that shirt.
“The sentimental value is immense.”
A different red shirt made for the defender for the World Cup, which he did not wear during the match, sold at auction in 1999 for £44,000.
The family became aware taht the shirt was not where it had been left some time ago and have been trying to track it down ever since and have now been told it is with a private buyer having been sold at auction.
“There is no suggestion the current holder has done anything wrong , they apparently bought it at auction in good faith,” Ms Moore said.
She added: “I hope they [current owner] appreciate what this means to us as a family and we want nothing more than for this to come home to the family where it belongs, which is what Bobby, my dad, would have wanted.
“And we want to share it with the nation, we’d like to put it on public display.”
