Roger Hunt
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roger Hunt | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Glazebury, Lancashire,England | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1969 | Liverpool | 404 | (245) |
| 1969–1972 | Bolton Wanderers | 76 | (24) |
| 1971 | → Hellenic (loan) | 6 | (4) |
| 1959–1972 | Total | 486 | (273) |
| National team | |||
| 1962–1969 | England | 34 | (18) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Roger Hunt, MBE (born 20 July 1938) is an English former footballer. He was a member of the England team which won the 1966 World Cup.
Born in Glazebury, Lancashire, Hunt played for Stockton Heath, Bury, Stockton for a second time, Devizes Town and Stockton again before manager Phil Taylor signed him for Liverpool on 29 July 1958. He made his debut and scored his first goal for the club on 9 September 1959 in a Second Division fixture at Anfield against Scunthorpe United; Hunt scored in the 64th minute to give the Reds a 2–0 victory. This goal was the first of many - he would go on to score 286 goals for the club, 245 of them in the league, which remains a club record.
After Bill Shankly replaced Taylor, Shankly and his fellow 'Boot Room' coaching staff embarked upon a clear out of 24 players. Hunt however was retained and was a major factor in the Reds success in the 1960s. Liverpool gained promotion to the First Division in 1962, after the club had finished 3rd or 4th, and thus just outside the promotion spots for five consecutive years from 1956 to 1961.
Hunt appeared in 41 of the 42 league games and scored 41 goals in season 1961–1962, averaging one goal per game. His goals helped propel Liverpool to a comfortable eight point title win over runners-up Leyton Orient and included five hat-tricks, coming against Leeds United, Walsall, Swansea Town, former club Bury and Middlesbrough.
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