Allan Hunter (footballer)

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Allan Hunter (born 30 June 1946 in Northern Ireland) is a former international footballer.

As a central defender, Hunter spent the majority of his professional career at Ipswich Town, making over 350 appearances in his eleven years at the club.

He also played for Oldham Athletic, Blackburn Rovers and Colchester United. His nephew was manager of Rushden & Diamonds.

Like many other ex-Ipswich players he settled in Suffolk following his retirement from the game. He made 51 appearances for his country, and also played in this famous game:

New ECM “The 3” v Old ECM “The 6” Wednesday, 3 January 1973 Wembley Stadium, England Attendance: 36,500

Half time: 0 – 0 Full time: 2 - 0

Ipswich Town’s Allan Hunter represented Northern Ireland alongside England’s Alan Ball, Colin Bell, Bobby Charlton, Emlyn Hughes, Bobby Moore and Peter Storey played for the New European Common Market in the match celebrating the admission to the European Common Market of the United Kingdom (1), the Republic of Ireland (2) and Denmark (3).

New ECM: Pat Jennings, Northern Ireland; Peter Storey, England; Emlyn Hughes, England; Colin Bell, England (John Steen Olsen, Denmark, 74 mins.); Allan Hunter, Northern Ireland; Bobby Moore, England; Peter Lorimer, Scotland; Johnny Giles, Republic of Ireland; Colin Stein, Scotland; Bobby Charlton, England; Henning Jensen, Denmark (Alan Ball, England, 60 mins.). Selector: Alf Ramsey, England.

Old ECM: Christian Piot, Belgium (Dino Zoff, Italy, H-T) - Marius Tresor, France (Wim Suurbier, Netherlands, H-T); Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany (Ruud Krol, Netherlands, H-T); Horst Blankenburg, West Germany; Hans-Hubert Vogts, West Germany - Wim van Hanegem, Netherlands (Herbert Wimmer, West Germany, H-T); Gunter Netzer, West Germany, capt.; Johan Neeskens, Netherlands - Jurgen Grabowski, West Germany; Gerhard Müller, West Germany; Georges Bereta, France. Selector: Helmut Schön, West Germany.

Goals: NECM-Jensen, 47 mins.

       NECM-Stein, 69 mins.

Referee: Norman Burtenshaw, Great Yarmouth, England.

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

Ipswich Town

FA Cup winner 1978

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T. Fenton (1946–48) • Allen (1948–53) • Butler (1953–55) • B. Fenton (1955–63) • Franklin (1963–68) • Graham (1968–72) • Mocham (1972) • Smith (1972–75) • Roberts (1975–82) • Hunter (1982–83) • Lea (1983–86) • Walker (1986–87) • Brown (1987–88) • Wallace, Jr. (1989–89) • Foley (1989–90) • Mills (1990) • Atkins (1990–91) • McDonough (1991–94) • Burley (1994) • Wignall (1995–99) • Cook (1999) • Whitton (1999) • Wadsworth (1999) • Whitton (1999–2003) • Williams (2003) • Parkinson (2003–06) • Williams (2006–)