![]() Hunt in 2006 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 July 1938 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Glazebury, Lancashire,[1] England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 27 September 2021 | (aged 83)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | England | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Croft Youth Club | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
Stockton Heath | |||||||||||||||||
Devizes Town | |||||||||||||||||
Stockton Heath | |||||||||||||||||
1958–1969 | Liverpool | 404 | (244) | ||||||||||||||
1969–1972 | Bolton Wanderers | 76 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
1971 | → Hellenic (loan) | 6 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 486 | (272) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1962–1969 | England | 34 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Roger Hunt MBE (20 July 1938 – 27 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.
Eleven years with Liverpool, he was the club's record goalscorer with 285 goals until being overtaken by Ian Rush. Nonetheless, Hunt remains Liverpool's record league goalscorer with 244 goals. Under Bill Shankly, Hunt won two league titles and an FA Cup. In August 1964 he also scored the first ever goal seen on the BBC's Match of the Day. Regarded as one of Liverpool's greatest ever players, Hunt is referred to as Sir Roger by the club's fans, ranking 13th on the 100 Players Who Shook the Kop, an official fan poll.
Hunt was a member of the England national team which won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, playing in all England's six games, scoring three times. Hunt was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
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