Thomas Hunt was a footballer, born in West Bromwich in 1908 and died in West Bromwich in 1975.
[Canary Citizens, p.180]
Hunt played as a centre-forward for
Norwich City F.C.
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and scored in nine of his first ten starts.
Hunt played in Norwich's club-record victory, 10–2 over
Coventry City
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,
[Canary Citizens, p.265.] on 15 March 1930, scoring five goals. The half-time score was 4–0, meaning the 8,230 supporters saw eight second half goals
Hunt was the subject of a contractual wrangle between Norwich and
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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, with the latter claiming he was "their" player, on loan at Norwich. "The City Directors and Supporters got together to buy him back but he did not reproduce his early brilliance".
When his playing career ended in 1932, he went on to work in the steel industry.
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1908 births
1975 deaths
Footballers from West Bromwich
English men's footballers
Norwich City F.C. players
Men's association football players not categorized by position