| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | July→September 1936 (age 75–76) Hemsworth district, England |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Scrum-half/Halfback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1959–68 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 237 | ||||
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1968–78 | Hull Kingston Rovers | |||||
| 1978–85 | Hull | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Arthur Bunting (birth registered July→September 1936 (age 75–76) in Hemsworth district[1]) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s, and coach of the 1960s, '70s and 80s, who at club level has played for Hull Kingston Rovers, playing at Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7, and at club level has coached Hull Kingston Rovers, and Hull.
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Arthur Bunting grew up in a hot bed of rugby league in the Featherstone/Pontefract area, he played for Hull Kingston Rovers and went on to coach them.
In December 1978, he was offered the chance to coach Hull. Under Bunting, Hull won all the game's major trophies and repeatedly featured in finals, as well as creating a world record, when in winning the Second Division title in 1978–79 they won all of their 26 league games, an achievement never done before or since, he was coach of Hull until 1985.[2]