Full Name:
John Hunter
Born:
13th August 1851, Sheffield
Died:
9th April 1903, Blackburn aged 51
England Career:
1878 - 1882
Positions:
Half Back and Right Back
Clubs (and caps):
Sheffield Heeley (7)
FA Legacy Number:
51
Career Summary:
Jack Hunter (13th August 1851 - 9th April 1903) was an international footballer who represented England 7 times scoring 0 goals. His first cap was against Scotland on 2nd March 1878 at 26 years old, and his last was vs Wales on 13th March 1882 aged 30. Hunter, born on 13th August 1851, in Sheffield, has a FA Legacy Number of 52 and played as a Half Back and Right Back for his country.
Notes:
With Sheffield Heeley from 1870 and then Wednesday. He also played, captained and coached for Blackburn Olympic with whom he won the FA Cup in 1883. After his international career he became the groundsman at Blackburn and also a publican in the area. He died of consumption in 1903.

England Career Statistics

Debut:
v Scotland (FR) on 2nd March 1878 aged 26 years, 6 months, 20 days
Last Cap:
v Wales (FR) on 13th March 1882 aged 30 years, 7 months, 0 days
First Captaincy:
v Wales (FR) on 26th February 1881 aged 29 years, 6 months, 13 days
Career Length:
4 years, 11 days
Starts:
7
Substitute:
On 0
Withdrawn:
Off 0
Full Games:
7

England Match Statistics

  • FriendlyFR 7 0 1 0 0
  • Competitive 0 0 0 0 0
  • Home, Away or Neutral
  • Caps
  • Goals
  • Captaincies
  • Red Card
  • Yellow Card
  • Away 5 0 0 0 0
  • Home 2 0 1 0 0
  • Match Results
  • Caps
  • Goals
  • Captaincies
  • Red Card
  • Yellow Card
  • Lost 6 0 1 0 0
  • Won 1 0 0 0 0
  • Playing Positions
  • Caps
  • Goals
  • Captaincies
  • Red Card
  • Yellow Card
  • Half Back 6 0 1 0 0
  • Right Back 1 0 0 0 0
  • Managers
  • Caps
  • Goals
  • Captaincies
  • Red Card
  • Yellow Card
  • Committee 7 0 1 0 0
  • Totals
  • 7
  • 0
  • 1
  • 0
  • 0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

Sources

  • An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
  • England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
  • findagrave.com
  • The Guardian Obituary, Saturday 11th April 1903, page 5.
  • 24 sources from 7 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List