Denis Hunt
{{Short description|English footballer (1937–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Denis Hunt
| image =
| fullname = Denis Perrior Hunt{{Cite web |title=12358 The London Gazette, 29th September 1977 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47337/page/12358/data.pdf |access-date=7 March 2019}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1937|9|8}}
| birth_place = Portsmouth, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2019|1|31|1937|9|8}}{{Hugman|9692|accessdate=25 October 2017}}
| death_place = Seabrook, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
| position = Left back, utility player
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1958–1968
| clubs1 = Gillingham
| caps1 = 322
| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 1968–1969
| clubs2 = Brentford
| caps2 = 12
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1969–1973
| clubs3 = Folkestone
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| manageryears1 = 1969–1973
| managerclubs1 = Folkestone (player-manager)
| manageryears2 = 1974–1977
| managerclubs2 = Ashford Town
| manageryears3 = 1977–1978
| managerclubs3 = Margate
}}
Denis Perrior Hunt (8 September 1937 – 31 January 2019) was an English professional footballer who made over 320 appearances as a left back in the Football League for Gillingham between 1958 and 1968.{{Cite book |last=Triggs |first=Roger |title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club |publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd |year=2001 |isbn=0-7524-2243-X |page=168}} He became player-manager of Folkestone in 1969 and later managed Ashford Town and Margate.{{Cite web |last=Trice |first=Jeff |title=Dennis Hunt – Manager |url=http://www.margatefootballclubhistory.com/huntboss.shtml |access-date=25 October 2017 |website=www.margatefootballclubhistory.com}}
Personal life
Hunt grew up in a football family and was the brother of Ralph Hunt and the nephew of Douglas Hunt.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=0955294916 |location=Harefield |pages=83–84}}{{Cite web |title=On This Day... |url=https://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/news/2013/february/on-this-day21/ |access-date=5 February 2019 |website=www.gillinghamfootballclub.com |language=en-gb}} Prior to becoming a professional footballer, Hunt served in the British Army and after leaving football, he ran a newsagent's in Folkestone.{{Cite web |title=Denis Hunt (1938–2019) |url=https://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/news/2019/march/denis-hunt-rip/ |access-date=11 April 2024 |website=www.gillinghamfootballclub.com |language=en-gb}}
Career statistics
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |FA Cup ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Total |
Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |
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rowspan="11" |Gillingham
|1958–59{{Cite web |title=Gillingham FC Career Details – Dennis Hunt |url=http://www.gillinghamfcscrapbook.co.uk/DisplayPlayer.php?playername=Hunt%2CDennis |access-date=26 October 2017 |website=Gillingham FC Scrapbook}} |25 |0 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— |27 |0 |
1959–60
|Fourth Division |42 |0 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— |45 |0 |
1960–61
|Fourth Division |45 |1 |3 |0 |2 |0 |50 |1 |
1961–62
|Fourth Division |44 |1 |1 |0 |1 |0 |46 |1 |
1962–63
|Fourth Division |27 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |28 |0 |
1963–64
|Fourth Division |43 |3 |1 |0 |5 |0 |49 |3 |
1964–65
|16 |0 |3 |0 |1 |0 |20 |0 |
1965–66
|Third Division |6 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |6 |0 |
1966–67
|Third Division |39 |0 |2 |0 |5 |0 |46 |0 |
1967–68
|Third Division |35 |1 |1 |0 |3 |0 |39 |1 |
colspan="2" |Total
!322 !6 !17 !0 !17 !0 !356 !6 |
Brentford
|1968–69{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=390}} |Fourth Division |12 |0 |0 |0 |2 |0 |14 |0 |
colspan="3" |Career total
!334 !6 !17 !0 !19 !0 !370 !6 |
Honours
= As a player =
= As a manager =
Margate
- Southern League First Division South: 1977–78
- Southern League Merit Cup: 1977–78
References
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{{Margate F.C. managers}}
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:English football managers
Category:Gillingham F.C. players
Category:Brentford F.C. players
Category:Margate F.C. managers
Category:Footballers from Portsmouth
Category:Folkestone F.C. players
Category:Men's association football utility players
Category:Southern Football League managers
Category:Southern Football League players
Category:Folkestone F.C. managers
Category:Ashford United F.C. managers
Category:British Army soldiers
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:English Football League players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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