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Sunday 20 July 2008
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Former Liverpool and England striker Roger Hunt (©Getty Images)
• Anniversaries
Roger Hunt
Date of birth: 20 July 1938
National team: England
Clubs: Liverpool FC, Bolton Wanderers FC
An astounding 285 goals from 489 appearances leaves Hunt ranking high among the legends to have donned the famous all-red Liverpool kit. But Hunt was actually discovered by pure chance when Liverpool scout Bill Jones attended a match in the mid-Cheshire League with the intention of watching a Knutsford FC player, but left with the impression that a striker playing for Stockton Heath FC was worth a look. Jones was not to be disappointed.Hunt signed for Liverpool as a 20-year-old in May 1959 and scored on his debut against Scunthorpe United FC during the 1959/60 season. Liverpool went on to win the English title twice in a four-year spell in which Hunt scored 110 goals, and he scored as they won the 1965 FA Cup.
Unusually unselfish for a striker, Hunt was regarded as a gentleman professional. Besides Liverpool, he also served England well and was a member of their 1966 FIFA World Cup-winning team. Hunt scored three times in six appearances in that tournament and, overall, hit 18 goals in 34 England games, finishing on the losing side only twice.
• Famous footballers/coaches
Sebastiano Rossi ITA - AC Cesena (three times), Forlì AC, Empoli FC, RM Firenze, AC Milan, AC Perugia - 1964
Hami Mandirali TUR - Trabzonspor (twice), FC Schalke 04, MKE Ankaragücü - 1968
• Other anniversaries
Ernest Walker - SCO - 1928
Stanko Matić - SCG - 1953
Tormod Larsen - NOR - 1954
Jan van Dijk - NED - 1958
Hovhannes Plavjyan - ARM - 1965
Vitezslav Holub - CZE - 1967
Nurtan Kozhabergenov - KAZ - 1967
• Matches
No matches of note recorded on this date in UEFA competitions
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