Ralph Hunt (footballer)

Ralph Hunt
Personal information
Full name Ralph Arthur Robert Hunt[1]
Date of birth (1933-08-14)14 August 1933[2]
Place of birth Portsmouth, England[1]
Date of death 17 December 1964(1964-12-17) (aged 31)[1]
Place of death Grantham, England[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1953 Portsmouth 5 (0)
1953–1955 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 33 (7)
1955–1958 Norwich City 124 (67)
1958–1959 Derby County 24 (10)
1959–1961 Grimsby Town 53 (39)
1961 Swindon Town 21 (13)
1961–1962 Port Vale 14 (6)
1962–1964 Newport County 83 (37)
1964 Chesterfield 17 (5)
Total 374 (184)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Norwich City F.C. in 1959 with – from left, standing: Roy McCrohan, Ralph Hunt, Ken Nethercott, Barry Butler, Ron Ashman, Matt Crowe; crouched from left: Errol Crossan, Terry Allcock, Terry Bly, Jimmy Hill and Bobby Brennan.

Ralph Arthur Robert Hunt (14 August 1933 – 17 December 1964) was an English footballer. A prolific forward, he scored 205 goals in 404 league and cup games in a 14-year career in the Football League.

He began his career at Portsmouth before moving on to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in 1953. Two years later, he transferred to Norwich City, and set a club record with 33 goals in a single season. He joined Derby County in 1958 before moving on to Grimsby Town the following year. He switched to Swindon Town in June 1961 before being sold to Port Vale for £3,500 in December 1961. He was sold to Newport County for a £2,000 fee in July 1962. He joined Chesterfield in 1964 but was killed in a car crash in December 1964. Despite his record of scoring a goal every two games in the lower divisions, he never won any major honours and was never promoted.

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Kent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Profile". pompeyrama.com. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  3. ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A Who's Who of Grimsby Town AFC 1890–1985. Hutton Press. p. 67. ISBN 0907033342.