Roger Hunt

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 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)
1971Hellenic (loan) 6 (4)
Total 486 (272)
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

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.

  1. ^ Being north of the River Mersey, Glazebury was in Lancashire before 1 April 1974.