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

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}}

|Fourth Division

|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

|Third Division

|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 =

Gillingham

  • Football League Fourth Division: 1963–64{{Cite news |title=Vote For Your Greatest Left Back |url=https://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/news/2013/november/vote-for-your-greatest-left-back/ |access-date=25 October 2017 |language=en-gb}}

= As a manager =

Margate

References