Roger Hunt

Roger Hunt, MBE (20 July 1938 – 27 September 2021) was an English footballer. He played as a forward. He spent eleven years at Liverpool.

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)
1971	→ Hellenic (loan)	6	(4)
Total		530	(341)
International career
1962–1969	England	34	(18)
Medal record Men's football Representing  England FIFA World Cup Winner 1966 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3][4]

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	Second Division	32	15	1	1	3	3	–		–		36	19
	1961–62	Second Division	41	41	5	1	0	0	–		–		46	42
	1962–63	First Division	42	24	6	2	0	0	–		–		48	26
	1963–64	First Division	41	31	5	2	0	0	–		–		46	33
	1964–65	First Division	40	25	8	5	0	0	9[a]	7	1[b]	0	58	37
	1965–66	First Division	37	29	1	1	0	0	7[c]	2	1[b]	0	46	32[4]
	1966–67	First Division	39	14	3	1	0	0	5[a]	3	1[b]	1	48	19
	1967–68	First Division	40	25	9	2	2	0	6[d]	3	–		57	30
	1968–69	First Division	38	13	4	1	3	2	2[d]	1	–		47	17
	1969–70	First Division	18	6	0	0	2	0	2[d]	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	Second Division	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

1. Appearances in European Cup
2. Appearance in FA Charity Shield
3. Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
4. Appearances in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

International

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 April 1962	London, England	Austria	3–0	3–1	Friendly
2.	2 June 1963	Leipzig, East Germany	East Germany	1–1	2–1
3.	27 May 1964	New York City, United States	United States	1–0	10–0
4.				3–0
5.				6–0
6.				7–0
7.	4 June 1964	São Paulo, Brazil	Portugal	1–1	1–1	Taça das Nações
8.	8 December 1965	Madrid, Spain	Spain	2–0	2–0	Friendly
9.	2 April 1966	Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	2–0	4–3	1965-66 British Home Championship
10.				3–1
11.	26 June 1966	Helsinki, Finland	Finland	2–0	3–0	Friendly
12.	5 July 1966	Chorzów, Poland	Poland	1–0	1–0
13.	16 July 1966	London, England	Mexico	2–0	2–0	1966 FIFA World Cup
14.	20 July 1966		France	1–0	2–0
15.				2–0
16.	22 October 1966	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	1–0	2–0	1966–67 British Home Championship
17.	24 May 1967	London, England	Spain	2–0	2–0	Friendly
18.	22 May 1968		Sweden	3–0	3–1

Honours

Liverpool^[3]

• 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^[5]

• FIFA World Cup: 1966^[6]

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