George Hunter
Hunter with Aston Villa in 1910
Personal information
Full name George Charles Hunter[1]
Date of birth (1885-06-02)2 June 1885[1]
Place of birth Nowshera, Punjab, British India (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Date of death 20 January 1934(1934-01-20) (aged 48)[2]
Place of death Lambeth, England
Height 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[3]
Position(s) Half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Maidstone United
1907–1908 Croydon Common 13 (1)
1908–1912 Aston Villa 91 (1)
1912–1913 Oldham Athletic 40 (1)
1913–1914 Chelsea 30 (2)
1914–1915 Manchester United 22 (2)
1915–1916 → Croydon Common (wartime) 18 (3)
1916–1917 → Southampton (wartime) 17 (0)
1916–1918 → Brentford (wartime) 18 (0)
1918–1919 → Birmingham (wartime) 21 (2)
1919 Portsmouth 8 (0)
International career
The Football League XI 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Charles Hunter (2 June 1885 – 20 January 1934) was an English professional footballer who played as a half back in the Football League for Aston Villa, Oldham Athletic, Chelsea and Manchester United.

Career

Born in Nowshera, British India, Hunter played for Aston Villa, Oldham Athletic and Chelsea during his early career.[1] In March 1914, he was sold to Manchester United.[2] He captained the club during the 1914–15 season and stayed with United until January 1915, when his contract was cancelled due to a training ground incident.[2] He played for Croydon Common, Southampton, Brentford and Birmingham as a guest player during the First World War and finished his career with Portsmouth of the Southern League during the 1919–20 season.[1][3][4]

Military service

Hunter joined the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment of the British Army in December 1903, rising through the ranks to lance corporal by February 1906.[2] He served in Malta, but was found guilty of theft and receiving stolen goods by court-martial in December 1906 and served 140 days hard labour before being discharged in May 1907.[2]

Over a year after the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Hunter enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regiment in September 1915 and served in the 10th (Reserve) Battalion of the regiment until June 1916.[2] He was sent to France to join the 9th (Service) Battalion in August 1916, but bouts of dysentery saw him posted back to Britain as a fitness instructor.[2] He was demobbed after the Armistice with Germany in November 1918.[2]

Personal life

After his retirement from football, Hunter worked as a sports writer.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Croydon Common 1907–08[3] Southern League Second Division 13 1 1 0 14 1
Aston Villa 1908–09[3] First Division 15 0 1 0 16 0
1909–10[3] 32 1 3 0 35 1
1910–11[3] 33 0 2 0 35 0
1911–12[3] 11 0 — 11 0
Total 91 1 6 0 97 1
Oldham Athletic 1911–12[3] First Division 17 1 2 0 19 1
1912–13[3] 23 0 4 0 27 0
Total 40 1 6 0 46 1
Chelsea 1912–13[3] First Division 11 1 — 11 1
1913–14[3] 19 1 2 0 21 1
Total 30 2 2 0 32 2
Manchester United 1913–14[3] First Division 7 0 — 7 0
1914–15[3] 15 2 1 0 16 2
Total 22 2 1 0 23 2
Portsmouth 1919–20[3] Southern League First Division 8 0 0 0 8 0
Career Total 204 7 16 0 220 7

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 148. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "George Hunter". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "George Hunter" (PDF). Croydon Common Football Club. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ↑ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–365. ISBN 0951526200.
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