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Roger Hunt
MBE
Hunt in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-07-20)20 July 1938
Place of birth Glazebury, Lancashire,[1] England
Date of death 27 September 2021(2021-09-27) (aged 83)
Place of death Warrington, Cheshire, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Croft Youth Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1960 Stockton Heath 44 (69)
Devizes Town
Stockton Heath
1958–1969 Liverpool 404 (244)
1969–1972 Bolton Wanderers 76 (24)
1971Hellenic (loan) 6 (4)
Total 530 (341)
International career
1962–1969 England 34 (18)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  England
FIFA World Cup
Winner1966 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 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.[2]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3][4]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 1959–60 Second Division 362122003823
1960–61 Second Division 321511333619
1961–62 Second Division 414151004642
1962–63 First Division 422462004826
1963–64 First Division 413152004633
1964–65 First Division 402585009[a]71[b]05837
1965–66 First Division 372911007[c]21[b]04632[4]
1966–67 First Division 391431005[a]31[b]14819
1967–68 First Division 402592206[d]35730
1968–69 First Division 381341322[d]14717
1969–70 First Division 18600202[d]1227
Total 4042444418105311731492285
Bolton Wanderers 1969–70 Second Division 1750000175
1970–71 Second Division 2480000248
1971–72 Third Division 351100003511
Total 7624000000007624
Career total 4802684418105311731568309
  1. 1 2 Appearances in European Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance in FA Charity Shield
  3. Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
  4. 1 2 3 Appearances in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

International

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International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 April 1962London, England Austria3–03–1Friendly
2.2 June 1963Leipzig, East Germany East Germany1–12–1
3.27 May 1964New York City, United States United States1–010–0
4.3–0
5.6–0
6.7–0
7.4 June 1964São Paulo, Brazil Portugal1–11–1Taça das Nações
8.8 December 1965Madrid, Spain Spain2–02–0Friendly
9.2 April 1966Glasgow, Scotland Scotland2–04–31965-66 British Home Championship
10.3–1
11.26 June 1966Helsinki, Finland Finland2–03–0Friendly
12.5 July 1966Chorzów, Poland Poland1–01–0
13.16 July 1966London, England Mexico2–02–01966 FIFA World Cup
14.20 July 1966 France1–02–0
15.2–0
16.22 October 1966Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland1–02–01966–67 British Home Championship
17.24 May 1967London, England Spain2–02–0Friendly
18.22 May 1968 Sweden3–03–1

Liverpool[3]

England[5]

Individual

References

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  1. Being north of the River Mersey, Glazebury was in Lancashire before 1 April 1974.
  2. "Liverpool FC mourns passing of Roger Hunt". liverpoolfc.com. Liverpool FC. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Liverpool career stats for Roger Hunt - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". LFChistory.net.
  4. 1 2 "Sir Roger loses a goal but gains a record". Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. Association, The Football. "Roger Hunt". www.thefa.com.
  6. "Hurst the hero for England in the home of football". FIFA. Retrieved 11 November 2014