Geoff Hunter (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Geoffrey Hunter | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Hull, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Manchester United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1981 | Crewe Alexandra | 87 | (8) |
| 1981–1987 | Port Vale | 221 | (15) |
| 1987–1991 | Wrexham | 122 | (14) |
| Total | 430 | (37) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Geoffrey Hunter (born 27 October 1959) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder. In a twelve-year career in the Football League he played 430 league games, scoring 37 goals.
A trainee at Manchester United, he switched to Crewe Alexandra in 1979. He spent two seasons at Crewe, making 87 league appearances, before he went to Port Vale for a £15,000 fee in August 1981. He helped the club to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1982–83, and was also named in the PFA Team of the Year. He helped the club to promotion out of the fourth tier again in 1985–86. After 221 league appearances for the "Valiants", he was allowed to sign with Wrexham in May 1987. He spent four years with the Welsh club, playing 122 league games, before he retired in 1991.
Hunter started his career at First Division giants Manchester United, but failed to make a competitive appearance for the club. He left Old Trafford for Gresty Road in 1979, where Crewe Alexandra had finished bottom of the Football League in 1978–79. Under new manager Tony Waddington, the "Railwaymen" only managed to finish one place higher in 1979–80, though the club again won re-election. The club rallied in 1980–81 to finish eighteenth, four points above the re-election zone.
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