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Bert Patenaude's World Cup hat trick, 1930

 Bert Patenaude

On the 17th of July 1930 Bert Patenaude scored the first ever World Cup hat trick in the USA's group match with Paraguay. Controversy over the authorship of the second goal endured for three quarters of a century, but in 2006 FIFA  confirmed  Patenaude as the scorer.