Johnny Hunter

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Johnny Hunter
Personal information
Died	1980 England
Playing information
Position	Fullback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1945–46	Easts (Sydney)	21	5	0	0	15
1947–55	Huddersfield
	Total	21	5	0	0	15
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
19??–??	Other Nationalities	8

Johnny Hunter was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s. He played in Sydney's NSWRFL Premiership for the Eastern Suburbs club. The 1945 NSWRFL season was his first, and at the end of it he played at centre in Easts' Grand Final victory.

In January 1947 Hunter, along with Eastern Suburbs teammate Lionel Cooper signed to play with English club Huddersfield.^[1]

Hunter scored 16-tries during the 1948-49 Northern Rugby Football League season, breaking the record for a fullback set by Jim Sullivan.^[2]

Hunter played a fullback in Huddersfield's 2–20 defeat to Wigan in the 1949–50 Rugby Football League Championship final at Maine Road, Manchester on Saturday 13 May 1950.^[3]

Johnny Hunter played Fullback in Huddersfield's 15-10 victory over St. Helens in the 1952-53 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 25 April 1953,^[4] having been stretchered from the field in the 63rd minute after a "stiff-arm" from St. Helens' winger Steve Llewellyn, he later returned to the field.^[5]

Also while in England, Hunter played eight matches for the Other Nationalities rugby league team, and one match for the British Empire.

Hunter played for Huddersfield until 1955.

He died in 1980.^[6]

References

↑ "League stars for England". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 January 1947. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
↑ "Player Profile - Johnny Hunter". yesterdayshero.com.au. SmartPack International Pty Ltd. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
↑ "1949-1950 Championship Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ McCorquodale, London S.E (25 April 1953). The Rugby League Challenge Cup Competition - Final Tie - Huddersfield v St. Helens - Match Programme. Wembley Stadium Ltd. ISBN n/a
↑ Goodman, Tom (27 April 1953). "St. Helen's hooted in R.L. Cup final". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
↑ "The Huddersfield Daily Examiner".

External links

Johnny Hunter at rugbyleagueproject.org

v t e Huddersfield Giants Hall of Fame Inductees

Harry Lodge Milford Sutcliffe Harold Wagstaff Douglas Clark Albert Rosenfeld Ben Gronow Leonard Bowkett Ray Markham Alex Fiddes Russell Pepperell Jeffrey Bawden Lionel Cooper Johnny Hunter Pat Devery Dave Valentine Frank Dyson Peter Ramsden Ted Slevin Thomas "Tommy" Smales Don Close Ken Senior

v t e Eastern Suburbs squad - 1945 NSWRFL Premiers (9th title)

1. Ray Pratt 2. Lionel Cooper 3. Paul Tierney 4. Johnny Hunter 5. Ken Foster 6. Wally O'Connell 7. Sel Lisle 8. Ray Stehr (Ca./Co.) 9. George Watt 10. Jack Arnold 11. Bert Rollason 12. Sid Hobson 13. Dick Dunn Coach: Arthur Halloway

v t e Huddersfield Giants squad – 1953 Challenge Cup Final Winners

1 Johnny Hunter 2 Peter Henderson 3 Russell Pepperell 4 Pat Devery 5 Lionel Cooper 6 Peter Ramsden 7 Billy Banks 8 Ted Slevin 9 George Curran 10 Jim Bowden 11 Jack Brown 12 Jack Large 13 Dave Valentine Coach: Bill Smith

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Name	Hunter, Johnny
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Short description	Australian rugby league player
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