100 Players Who Shook The Kop: #13 – Roger Hunt
100 Players Who Shook The Kop: #13 – Roger Hunt
It was Liverpool manager Phil Taylor that signed Roger Hunt for Liverpool in July 1958.
Hunt became a major factor in the success of Shankly’s Liverpool team in the 1960s and was a prolofic goal scorer. Hunt appeared in 41 of the 42 league games and scored 41 goals in season 1961–1962, averaging one goal per game. His goals helped propel Liverpool to a comfortable eight point title win over runners-up Leyton Orient.
Roger Hunt was Liverpool’s top goalscorer 8 years in a row from 1962-1969 and on the 18th of January 1969 he broke Gordon Hodgson’s league scoring record for Liverpool.
In total Hunt played 492 games and scored 286 goals.
