Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Tina Moore is the author of the book Bobby Moore: By the Person Who Know Him Best. She is the former wife of Bobby Moore, the former English football player and captain of the Three Lions, the national football team.
- Bobby is most notably famous for bringing the team to victory in the Football World Cup of 1966.
Married Life and Children :
- Tina Moore was born with the birth name Cristina Dean.
- Around 1957-58, when she was 15 years old, going on 16, Tina caught the eye of footballer Bobby Moore at a nightclub, who began to pursue her despite her early reluctance.
- Admitting that she was not overly impressed by him when she first met him, the pair did end up dating after her mother mentioned she should invite him for tea.
- They married four years later on 30th June 1962. They spent their honeymoon in Spain, then settled down together in Chigwell, Essex.
- Five years later, she gave birth to their first child, Roberta Moore, with their second child Dean Moore being born three years later in 1968.
- Between the birth of her two children, Tina suffered a miscarriage.
- The family of four became a close-knit group, with the children being distraught during their parents split two in the late 1980s.
Early Life and Education :
- Tina and Bobby’s marriage ended after 25 years together, after Tina discovered Bobby was having an extramarital affair with an airline stewardess named Stephanie Parlane.
- Stephanie & Bobby later got married in 1991 and were together till his death in 1993.
- While she had reason to doubt his fidelity on previous occasions, the news still left her disturbed.
- However, reflecting on the distressful time, Tina now feels that it was due to larger circumstances, such as the treatment Bobby Moore received from the FC after he retired from football, that caused their breakup.
- Currently, Tina is in a long-term relationship with Steve Duggan, an Irish bar owner, and lives in Miami.
Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :
- In 2005, Tina wrote a biography about her late husband, depicting his life, through all his triumphs and downfalls, through personal and public moments.
- Despite their turbulent past, Tina writes about Bobby with love and admiration, stating that though she was no longer in love with him, she would always care for him.
- The memoir has generally been met with good reviews and was even turned into a 3-part BBC drama, with Tina being played by Michelle Keegan.
Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :
- It took Tina years to recover from the divorce, losing 20lbs within the first month and it took a further ten years before she could truly say she was no longer in love with him.
- During the height of her husband’s fame, the Moore family received kidnapping threats aimed at their two children. However, there were also huge luxuries involved, including royalty treatment from taxi drivers to top restaurants, to designer clothing brands who would often loan Tina clothes.
- Tina’s daughter Roberta went on to become a successful art dealer and is now a mother to her own daughter, Eva.
- Moore’s son, Dean Moore however, was lost to alcoholism and diabetes, dying an untimely death in 2011.