Cyril Hunter

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Cyril Hunter
Hunter while with Brentford in 1922.
Personal information
Full name Cyril Hunter[1]
Date of birth 8 February 1898
Place of birth Pelaw, England
Date of death 1962 (aged 63–64)[1]
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1920 Woodturners
1920–1921 Leadgate Park
1921–1924 Brentford 78 (2)
1924–1927 South Shields 105 (3)
1928–1929 Fall River 33 (2)
1929–1930 Lincoln City 14 (1)
Gateshead
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cyril Hunter (8 February 1898 – 1962) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for South Shields, Brentford and Lincoln City as a centre half.[2][3] While a South Shields player, he received a six-month ban (then the longest in English football history) for exceptional rough play in a Second Division match versus rivals Middlesbrough in March 1927.[2][4] He was sent off in a Gateshead reserve team match in April 1931 and was suspended until the end of the 1931–32 season.[5][6]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1921–22[7] Third Division South 21 0 — 21 0
1922–23[7] 26 0 0 0 26 0
1923–24[7] 31 2 3 0 34 2
Total 78 2 3 0 81 2
Fall River 1928–29[8] American Soccer League 33 2 — 33 2
Lincoln City 1929–30[9] Third Division North 14 1 0 0 14 1
Career total 125 5 3 0 128 5

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 148. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 84. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. ^ "Hunter Cyril Brentford 1922". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Vicious little Cyril not nice". The Northern Echo. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  5. ^ Suspended for twelve months. Former Lincoln's player drastic punishment., Lincolnshire Echo, 24 April 1931
  6. ^ "A return pass for the exiled Cantona". HeraldScotland. 25 February 1995. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  7. ^ a b c White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 366–367. ISBN 0951526200.
  8. ^ "Cyril Hunter". SoccerStats.us. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  9. ^ Vickers, John. "Cyril Hunter". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.


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