Roger Hunt
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 July 1938 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Glazebury, Lancashire,[1] England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 27 September 2021 | (aged 83)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | England | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Croft Youth Club | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
Stockton Heath | |||||||||||||||||
Devizes Town | |||||||||||||||||
Stockton Heath | |||||||||||||||||
1958–1969 | Liverpool | 404 | (244) | ||||||||||||||
1969–1972 | Bolton Wanderers | 76 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
1971 | → Hellenic (loan) | 6 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 486 | (272) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1962–1969 | England | 34 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Roger Hunt MBE (20 July 1938 – 27 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.
Eleven years with
Hunt was a member of the England national team which won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, playing in all England's six games, scoring three times. Hunt was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
Club career
Early career
Born in Glazebury, Lancashire, Hunt played for Croft Youth Club, Stockton Heath and Devizes Town during his formative years.[2]
Liverpool
He was signed for
After
In between the two titles, in 1965 he was instrumental in the side winning the
He became Liverpool's record goalscorer on 7 November 1967 in an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup tie against TSV 1860 Munich of West Germany, in which he scored his 242nd goal for the club. His final tally for the club was 286 goals by the time he left the club in 1969 to join Bolton Wanderers, a record that was not broken until Ian Rush 23 years later.[7] He also held the record of scoring 100 top-flight goals in fewer games (152) than any player in Liverpool history, until Mohamed Salah reached the milestone in one game less in September 2021.[8]
Later career
He signed for Bolton Wanderers in December 1969.[3] In 1971, he moved on loan to Hellenic F.C. in South Africa's National Football League.[9] He retired in 1972, and had a testimonial with Liverpool in April 1972, attended by 56,000 people.[3]
International career
Hunt was capped 34 times for his country, with his debut given to him by Walter Winterbottom whilst he was still a Second Division player on 4 April 1962, in a friendly against Austria at Wembley. He scored on his international debut as England won 3–1.[10] He was part of the England squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, but was not selected to play.[11]
England had been chosen to host the 1966 FIFA World Cup, and Hunt, along with Liverpool club mates Ian Callaghan and Gerry Byrne, were selected by manager Alf Ramsey for the 22-man squad.[12] Hunt was one of three forwards selected for the tournament. He initially partnered
He played in all six games, scoring three times, twice againstLater and personal life
After retiring as a player, he joined his brother Peter, in taking over Hunt Brothers, as the third generation of the family-run haulage business. It was originally established by Richard and Harry Hunt in 1929.[3][17]
In 2000 he was awarded an MBE for his World Cup victory.[3] He continued to be known as "Sir" Roger Hunt by the Liverpool supporters, despite the absence of a formal knighthood.[18]
Hunt was inducted into the
Hunt was married in 1959 to Patricia O'Brien and they had two children.[22] He lived with his second wife Rowan (Green), near Warrington.[23]
Hunt died on 27 September 2021 at the age of 83.[24] His funeral was held on 14 October at Liverpool Cathedral.[25]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup
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Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liverpool | 1959–60 | Second Division | 36 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 23 | ||
1960–61 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 36 | 19 | ||||
1961–62 | 41 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 46 | 42 | ||||
1962–63 | First Division | 42 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 48 | 26 | |||
1963–64 | 41 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 46 | 33 | ||||
1964–65 | 40 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1[a] | 0 | 58 | 37 | ||
1965–66 | 37 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1[a] | 0 | 46 | 32[27] | ||
1966–67 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1[a] | 1 | 48 | 19 | ||
1967–68 | 40 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | – | 57 | 30 | |||
1968–69 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 47 | 17 | |||
1969–70 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 22 | 7 | |||
Total | 404 | 244 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 492 | 285 | ||
Bolton Wanderers | 1969–70 | Second Division | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 5 | ||
1970–71 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 8 | ||||
1971–72 | Third Division | 35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 11 | |||
Total | 76 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 24 | ||
Career total | 480 | 268 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 568 | 309 |
- ^ FA Charity Shield
Honours
Liverpool[26]
England[28]
- 1966[29]
Individual
- English Second Division top scorer: 1961–62
- English First Division top scorer: 1965–66
- English Football Hall of Fame: Inductee 2006
- Liverpool Football ClubHall of Fame: Inductee
References
- ^ Being north of the River Mersey, Glazebury was in Lancashire before 1 April 1974.
- ^ Roger Hunt at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d e "'Gentleman, modest and one of Liverpool's greatest'". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Liverpool FC mourns passing of Roger Hunt". LiverpoolFC. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Reuben Bennett career profile on www.qosfc.com". Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ "History of Match of the Day". BBC Sport. 14 February 2003. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ LFChistory.net. "A timeline for Liverpool Football Club - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net.
- ^ "Is Mohamed Salah Ready To Take Lionel Messi's Mantle As The World's Best?". Forbes. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- S2CID 143966092. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Roger Hunt". England Football Online. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "England in Chile 1962". England Football Online. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Gerry Byrne obituary". The Guardian. 29 November 2015.
- ^ "England 1966". England Football Online. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ White, Jim (19 September 2021). "Jimmy Greaves was supposed to be England's 1966 hero but injury meant 'the big one' eluded him - and it hurt". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Roger Hunt obituary". The Guardian. 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Roger Hunt, England World Cup winner and former Liverpool striker, dies aged 83". The Guardian. 28 September 2021.
- ^ "End of the road for Hunt haulage yard". Warrington Guardian. 19 December 2002. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "lfc_fixture_past_player_profile". Liverpool FC.
- ^ "Roger Hunt". National Football Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-7841801-9-5.
- ^ "Remembering Roger Hunt MBE". Warrington Borough Council. 28 September 2021. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ Verney, Harriet (9 October 2018). "A game of two halves: Meet the footballers' wives rewriting the rules". Tatler. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Squires, Theo (12 January 2020). "Liverpool legend Roger Hunt on his Reds career, favourite current stars, Jurgen Klopp and much more". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Liverpool FC mourns passing of Roger Hunt". liverpoolfc.com. Liverpool FC. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ Cavilla, Tom (14 October 2021). "Liverpool legends pay respects to Roger Hunt at Liverpool Cathedral funeral service". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Liverpool career stats for Roger Hunt - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". LFChistory.net.
- ^ a b "Sir Roger loses a goal but gains a record". Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ Association, The Football. "Roger Hunt". www.thefa.com.
- ^ "Hurst the hero for England in the home of football". FIFA. Retrieved 11 November 2014
External links
- LFCHistory.net profile
- Roger Hunt – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Roger Hunt – UEFA competition record (archive)