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
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 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.