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How Harry Kane became Tottenham's all-time top scorer by breaking Jimmy Greaves' goals record

Harry Kane has once again written his name into the history books at Tottenham Hotspur by becoming the club's new all-time top goal scorer, claiming a record that has stood for over 50 years.

In scoring one goal against Manchester City on Sunday, Kane took his total for Spurs to 267 to surpass the long-standing record held by revered club legend Jimmy Greaves since the 1969-70 season.

Famed as one of English football's most prolific strikers, Greaves scored 266 goals in 379 games in all competitions for Spurs between 1961 and 1970. He scored more than 30 goals in six of the nine seasons he spent at White Hart Lane and even went beyond the 40-goal barrier on one occasion -- scoring 44 goals in 49 games during the 1962-63 campaign as his team finished First Division runners-up before going on to win the European Cup Winners Cup.