George Hunt (footballer, born 1910)

For other people named George Hunt, see George Hunt (disambiguation).

George Hunt
Personal information
Full name George Samuel Hunt[1]
Date of birth (1910-02-22)22 February 1910[1]
Place of birth Mexborough, England
Date of death 19 September 1996(1996-09-19) (aged 86)[1]
Place of death Bolton, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Inside forward, centre forward
Youth career
Regent Street Congregational
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1930 Chesterfield 14 (9)
1930–1937 Tottenham Hotspur 185 (125)
1937–1937 Arsenal 18 (3)
1938–1946 Bolton Wanderers 45 (24)
1946–1948 Sheffield Wednesday 32 (8)
Total 294 (169)
International career
1933 England 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Samuel Hunt (22 February 1910 – 19 September 1996) was an English footballer who scored 169 goals from 294 appearances in the Football League playing for Chesterfield, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday.[3] An inside forward or centre forward, Hunt was capped three times for England in 1933. After he finished playing, he went into coaching with Bolton Wanderers.

  1. ^ a b c "George Hunt". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference England was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.