Roger Hunt MBE
World Cup Winner England & Liverpool player
Profile
World Cup winner for England & Liverpool footballer.
Date of birth: 20th July 1938 (Golborne, Lancashire).
League appearances: 401 (+2 as sub) for Liverpool (245 goals); 72 (+4 as sub) for Bolton Wanderers (24 goals).
England internationals: 34 Full Caps (18 goals).
Other honours: World Cup (1966);
League Championship (1963/64 & 1965/66 seasons);
FA Cup (1965); Division Two Championship (1961/62 season).
Summary
While his striking partner, in the 1966 World Cup winning side, Geoff Hurst stole all the glory as England's hat-trick hero, Roger had to be content with a supporting role. Yet, earlier in the competition Roger Hunt's tireless work and eye for the main chance had seen him rifle home three key goals to help his side quality for the knock-out stage of those finals.
His first had confirmed victory over Mexico, and then against France he scored both goals in a 2-0 triumph. Immediately afterwards he had to adjust to playing alongside Hurst, his new partner, than grabbing and retaining the limelight.
Nonetheless, Hunt was a permanent fixture in England's “wingless wonders”, his international career having commenced some four years earlier. Typically, the young Liverpool forward had marked his first game against Austria with a goal in a 3-1 win – this goal scoring start coming at the end of a league campaign in which Roger Hunt had notched no few than 41 goals, helping to power Liverpool to the division two championship.
However, these were early days for Roger Hunt as an international and it was not until December 1965 that he staked an undeniable claim to a place in England's strike-force. Of course, by this stage the forward was flying, his goals having played a major part in the rise and rise of Billy Shankly's Liverpool, which by the end of that pre-World Cup season had claimed the league title for the second time in three years and had finished runners-up to Borussia Dortmund in the European Cup-Winners' Cup, Hunt's inevitable goal not being quite enough to prevent the Reds going down to a 2-1 defeat.
Finishing his Anfield career in December 1969 his magnificent decade there had seen him establish a club record of 245 league goals.
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