Dennis Hunt

Dennis Hunt
Personal information
Full name Dennis Perrior Hunt[1]
Date of birth (1937-09-08) 8 September 1937
Place of birth Portsmouth, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Left back, utility player
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1968 Gillingham 322 (6)
1968–1969 Brentford 12 (0)
1969–1973 Folkestone
Teams managed
1969–1973 Folkestone (player-manager)
1974–1977 Ashford Town
1977–1978 Margate
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dennis Perrior Hunt (born 8 September 1937) is an English retired football left back who made over 320 appearances in the Football League for Gillingham between 1958 and 1968.[2] He became player-manager of Folkestone Invicta in 1969 and later managed Ashford Town and Margate.[3][4]

Personal life

Prior to becoming a professional footballer, Hunt served in the British Army.[5] He was the nephew of footballer Douglas Hunt.[3]

Honours

As a player

Gillingham

As a manager

Margate

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gillingham 1958–59[6] Fourth Division 25 0 2 0 — 27 0
1959–60[6] 42 0 3 0 — 45 0
1960–61[6] 45 1 3 0 2 0 50 1
1961–62[6] 44 1 1 0 1 0 46 1
1962–63[6] 27 0 1 0 0 0 28 0
1963–64[6] 43 3 1 0 5 0 49 3
1964–65[6] Third Division 16 0 3 0 1 0 20 0
1965–66[6] 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1966–67[6] 39 0 2 0 5 0 46 0
1967–68[6] 35 1 1 0 3 0 39 1
Total 322 6 17 0 17 0 356 6
Brentford 1968–69[7] Fourth Division 12 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
Career total 334 6 17 0 19 0 370 6

References

  1. ↑ "Dennis Hunt". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 168. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  3. 1 2 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 83–84. ISBN 0955294916.
  4. 1 2 3 Trice, Jeff. "Dennis Hunt – Manager". www.margatefootballclubhistory.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. 1 2 "VOTE FOR YOUR GREATEST LEFT BACK". Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Gillingham FC Career Details – Dennis Hunt". Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  7. ↑ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 390. ISBN 0951526200.


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