Allan Hunter (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Allan Hunter | ||
| Date of birth | June 30, 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Sion Mills, Northern Ireland | ||
| Playing position | Central defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Coleraine | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1966 | Coleraine | 97 | (2) |
| 1966–1969 | Oldham Athletic | 83 | (1) |
| 1969–1972 | Blackburn Rovers | 84 | (1) |
| 1971–1982 | Ipswich Town | 280 | (8) |
| 1982 | Colchester United | 19 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1969–1979 | Northern Ireland | 53 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1982–1983 | Colchester United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:29, 13 May 2011. |
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Allan Hunter (born 30 June 1946 in Sion Mills, Northern Ireland) is a former international footballer and manager. Hunter began his career with Coleraine before playing for Oldham Athletic, Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town and Colchester United. He managed Colchester United for eight months, only to return for a brief period as a coach at Layer Road.
As an international, he represented his country 53 times, 47 of which while he was at Ipswich, becoming the club's most capped player in the club's history.
As a central defender, Hunter played for Coleraine (alongside his brother Victor),Oldham Athletic and Blackburn Rovers before making a £60,000 move to Ipswich Town, in a transfer that saw Bobby Bell heading to Blackburn. Despite interest from Everton and Leeds, Hunter chose Ipswich when he met Bobby Robson – "...within five minutes I had no doubt that Ipswich was where I wanted to go." Hunter spent the majority of his professional career with Ipswich, making over 350 appearances in his eleven years at the club, which included playing in the 1978 FA Cup Final in which Ipswich defeated Arsenal 1–0 at Wembley.
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