Ron Hunt (footballer, born 1945)

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ron Hunt

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|12|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paddington, London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|8|23|1945|12|19|df=y}}

| death_place = England

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Queens Park Rangers

| years1 = 1963–1973 | clubs1 = Queens Park Rangers | caps1 = 219 | goals1 = 1

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Ron Hunt (19 December 1945 – 23 August 2018) was an English footballer who made 219 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender for Queens Park Rangers in the 1960s and early 1970s.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/ronhunt.html |title=Ron Hunt |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=25 February 2010}}

Career

Hunt came through the youth ranks at Queens Park Rangers, and made his professional debut in December 1964 in the 3–1 victory against Bristol Rovers.{{cite web |url=http://www.qprnet.com/history/seasons/excels/QPR1964.xls |title=1964/65 |first=Kenneth |last=Westerberg |format=Excel spreadsheet |work=QPRNet |publisher=Ron Norris |accessdate=25 February 2010 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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.{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:LSTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10035EC424103B75&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Caught in Time: QPR win League Cup, 1967 |first=Greg |last=Struthers |newspaper=The Sunday Times |format=reprint |publisher=NewsBank |date=6 April 2003 |accessdate=25 February 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1189888,00.html |title=Blast From The Past |publisher=Queens Park Rangers F.C |accessdate=25 February 2010}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.qprnet.com/history/where_60s.shtml |title=Where R They Now |work=QPRNet |publisher=Ron Norris |accessdate=25 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828172128/http://qprnet.com/history/where_60s.shtml |archivedate=28 August 2008 |df=dmy-all }}

He died on 23 August 2018 aged 72.{{cite web |title=QPR League Cup winner Ron Hunt dies aged 72 |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11711/11480001/qpr-league-cup-winner-ron-hunt-dies-aged-72 |website=Sky Sports |access-date=20 January 2021 |date=23 August 2018}}

References

External links

[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=40946 Stats and photo] at Sporting Heroes

Category:1945 births

Category:2018 deaths

Category:Footballers from the City of Westminster

Category:People from Paddington

Category:English men's footballers

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Queens Park Rangers F.C. players

Category:English Football League players

Category:20th-century English sportsmen