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Norman Hunter
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Norman Hunter was an English soccer player who played as a centre-back. His professional career spanned from 1962 to 1983. He is associated with the team _Deceased Soccer.
There is also a record of a Norman Hunter born in 1899 and died in 1995, who was an author. This individual has 57 works, including *Burglars, Ducks and Kissing Frogs*, *The Peculiar Triumph of Professor Branestawm*, and *Dribblesome Teapots and Other Incredible Stories*.
A third entry lists a Norman Hunter as an artist of type Other on Last.fm, with 7 listeners and a playcount of 31. Additionally, a Norman Hunter is listed in Crossref with 5 works.
Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Full name
- Norman Hunter
- Date of birth
- ( 1943-10-29 ) 29 October 1943
- Place of birth
- Eighton Banks , County Durham, England
- Date of death
- 17 April 2020 (2020-04-17) (aged 76)
- Place of death
- Leeds , West Yorkshire, England
- Position
- Centre-back
- 1959 1962
- Leeds United
- Years
- Team
- 1962 1976
- Leeds United
- 1976 1979
- Bristol City
- 1979 1982
- Barnsley
- 1964 1969
- Football League
- 1964 1965
- England U23
- 1965 1974
- England
- 1980 1984
- Barnsley
- 1985 1987
- Rotherham United
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Norman
- Family name
- Hunter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Gateshead
- Place of death
- Leeds
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 1968 UEFA European Championship
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- England men's national association football team
- Position played
- defender
- Country for sport
- England
- Image
- Norman Hunter.jpg
- Height
- 1.83
- Significant event
- COVID-19 pandemic in England
Show 11 more facts
- coach of sports team
- Leeds United F.C.
- date of birth
- 1943-10-29
- different from
- Norman Hunter
- Commons category
- Norman Hunter
- end of work period
- 1983-00-00
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- medical condition
- COVID-19
- date of death
- 2020-04-17
- name in native language
- Norman Hunter
- cause of death
- COVID-19
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Norman Hunter (29 October 1943 – 17 April 2020) was an English professional footballer who played for Leeds United, Bristol City, Barnsley and the England national team. He also managed Barnsley and Rotherham United. A tough tackling centre-back and defensive midfielder, he won two League Championship medals and one FA Cup-winners medal with Leeds, for whom he played 726 games in total, scoring 21 goals.
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