Ron Hunt (footballer)
Encyclopedia
Ron Hunt is an English former footballer who made 219 appearances in the Football League
playing as a defender
for Queens Park Rangers
in the 1960s and early 1970s.
, and made his professional debut in December 1964 in the 3-1 victory against Bristol Rovers. He was a member of the 1966–67 side that won both the Third Division
Championship and the League Cup
; his pass and subsequent collision with the goalkeeper set up the third and winning goal for Mark Lazarus
as QPR defeated West Bromwich Albion
3–2 at Wembley Stadium.
Hunt played 219 league games for Rangers before injury forced retirement in 1973. He then became a squash
coach and then worked for a petrochemical company.
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
playing as a defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
for Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Career
Hunt came through the youth ranks at Queens Park RangersQueens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
, and made his professional debut in December 1964 in the 3-1 victory against Bristol Rovers. He was a member of the 1966–67 side that won both the Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
Championship and the League Cup
1967 Football League Cup Final
The 1967 Football League Cup Final took place on 4 March 1967 at Wembley Stadium. It was the seventh final and the first to be played at Wembley. It was contested between Queens Park Rangers of the Third Division and West Bromwich Albion of the First Division...
; his pass and subsequent collision with the goalkeeper set up the third and winning goal for Mark Lazarus
Mark Lazarus
Mark Lazarus is a retired English professional footballer. He played as a right winger and made over 400 league appearances, scoring over 100 goals.-Biography:Lazarus was born on 5 December 1938 in Stepney, London, into a Jewish family...
as QPR defeated West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...
3–2 at Wembley Stadium.
Hunt played 219 league games for Rangers before injury forced retirement in 1973. He then became a squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
coach and then worked for a petrochemical company.
External links
- Stats and photo at Sporting Heroes