Roger Hunt: English associsation football playr (1938–2021)
Roger Hunt, MBE (20 July 1938 – 27 September 2021) was an English footballer.
He played as a forward. He spent eleven years at Liverpool.
 Hunt in 2006 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Roger Hunt | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1938 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glazebury, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 September 2021 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1958–1969 | Liverpool | 404 | (245) | ||||||||||||||
| 1969–1972 | Bolton Wanderers | 76 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
| 1971 | → Hellenic (loan) | 6 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 486 | (273) | |||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1969 | England | 34 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||||||||
Hunt was a member of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup. He played in all six England games in the tournament, scoring three times. Hunt was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
Hunt died on 27 September 2021 at the age of 83.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | 58 | 37 | ||
| 1965–66 | 37 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 32 | ||
| 1966–67 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 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 | ||
Honours
Liverpool
- Football League First Division: 1963–64, 1965–66
- Football League Second Division: 1961–62
- FA Cup: 1964–65
- FA Charity Shield: 1964, 1965, 1966
England
- FIFA World Cup: 1966
Individual
- English Second Division Top Scorer: 1961–62
- English First Division Top Scorer: 1965–66
- English Football Hall of Fame: Inductee 2006
- Liverpool Football Club Hall of Fame: Inductee
References
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