Bobby Hunt (footballer, born 1942)

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Bobby Hunt
Personal information
Date of birth (1942-10-01) 1 October 1942 (age 80)
Place of birth Colchester, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1959–1964 Colchester United 149 (81)
1964–1966 Northampton Town 40 (10)
1966–1968 Millwall 43 (13)
1968–1971 Ipswich Town 26 (4)
1971–1973 Charlton Athletic 36 (11)
1972–1973 → Northampton Town (loan) 5 (3)
1973–1974 Reading 16 (3)
1974–1975 Maidstone United ? (?)
Total315(125)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Rex Hunt (born 1 October 1942) is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League.

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Career

Born in Colchester, Essex, Hunt began his career with hometown club Colchester United in 1959, where he made 149 league appearances, scoring 81 goals. He was signed by Northampton Town in 1964 where he spent two season, scoring 10 goals in 40 league appearances. Hunt holds the record for the most goals in a Football League season for the U's, notching up 39 goals in one campaign. He formed a partnership with Martyn King, the two strikers regularly scoring over 20 goals a season during their time with the club. In 2008, Hunt was inducted into the Colchester United Hall of Fame. [1] He moved to Millwall in 1966, scoring 13 in 43 league games, before moving to Ipswich Town, with a record of just four goals in 26 appearances between 1968 and 1971, although he was part of the Second Division winning team of 1967–68. His next club was Charlton Athletic. During his time with Charlton, he scored 11 goals in 36 league games, and was also loaned to former club Northampton, where he scored three goals in five games. He left Charlton for Reading in 1973 where he spent one year, making 16 appearances and scoring three goals. He finished his career with Maidstone United. [2]

Honours

Colchester United [3]
Ipswich Town [4]

Outside football

After retiring, Hunt worked in the commercial department at Colchester United. [5]

Hunt stood as an independent candidate in the 2012 elections to Colchester Council. He campaigned against the Council's proposed closure of Joyce Brooks House, a sheltered housing complex he currently lives in. [6] He reached second place in the polls, receiving 194 votes, but failed to overtake the Labour incumbent Tina Dopson, who was re-elected with 926 votes. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "2007/08 Committee Inductees". cu-fc.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Bobby Hunt Profile". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Tier Four (League Two) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Tier Two (Championship) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  5. ↑ Dalby, Tom (2 February 2018). "Tributes paid to U's 'legend' Vic Keeble". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Bobby takes stand in council election, Chelmsford Weekly News, 5 April 2012
  7. ↑ Results - Borough elections - Thursday 3 May 2012 Archived 8 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Colchester Borough Council website, 5 May 2012
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