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Roger Hunt
Born 20th July 1938 Glazebury Games 484 with 5 Sub appearances scoring 285 goals Honours - 2 League Championships, 1 FA Cup, 1 division 2 title ,34 England caps with 18 goals Roger Hunt wsa more commonly known as 'Sir Roger' by the Liverpool fans who adored him so much. Hunt got into the Liverpool team in 1959 and scored on his debut against Scunthorpe United having only played five reserve games. Roger signed for Liverpool despite a better offer for him to sign for an old friend at Swindon. It was a decision that neiher he nor Liverpool regretted. He got his chance quite early in his reds career and jumped at it and by 1961 he was forming a partnership with Ian St John which resulted in so many goals. In fact in his first season with the saint he bagged 41 goals in as many games. Such a feat played a heavy part in the promotion as champions from division two to one. In the seasons between 1963/4 and 1965/6 he was to win a trophy every year. This was a league championship either side of the clubs first ever FA Cup. Hunts main glories are highlighted in his goal tallies but this hides his more complete game. He would never hide in a game whether things were going right or wrong and his touch was exemplary allowing him to create time and distribute the ball well. Roger would score every type of goal from the tap in to the thunderous shot and they all went in the same place. he was also a key member of the England world cup winning side in 1966. It was Roger Hunt who was the closest to the infamous 'over the line' shot from Geoff Hurst. One of his most famous goals came at Anfield again Inter Milan in european competition in 1965. On a night of superb atmosphere Hunt blasted a shot into the net to stun the Milan side who Shankly had tried to psyche out the game. Roger stayed with the club until 1969 when he moved on to Bolton Wanderers but the great man will always be remembered at Liverpool for his many glorius goals and all round play. Today Hunt is still Liverpools all time highest league scorer with 245 goals. he also had 40 other goals in his first team career with 17 of them coming via Europe. He was only surpassed by Ian Rush in total but Rushie fell short of the league record by some 17 goals. |
