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Ted Drake scored seven goals for Arsenal against Aston Villa on December 14th 1935. This was a record at the time but was surprisingly beaten just 12 days later when Bunny Bell of Tranmere Rovers scored nine (a triple hat-trick) against Oldham in the Third Division North. Drake's seven remains a record for top-flight English football.
However, at the time it wasn't called a hat trick yet, since the term existed only for cricket back then. It wasn't 'till the 1940's that the term became known for hockey, and thereafter, it "spilled" over other sports such as football.
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