Norman Hunter
- Birth Date:
- 29.10.1943
- Death date:
- 17.04.2020
- Length of life:
- 76
- Days since birth:
- 29417
- Years since birth:
- 80
- Days since death:
- 1486
- Years since death:
- 4
- Categories:
- COVID-19 , Football player, Sportsman
- Nationality:
- english
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Norman Hunter (29 October 1943 – 17 April 2020) was an English footballer who played for Leeds United, Bristol City, Barnsley and England.
Norman Hunter, 76, English football player (Leeds United, Bristol City, national team) and manager (Barnsley), world champion (1966), COVID-19.
He was part of the 1966 FIFA World Cup winning squad, receiving a winner's medal in 2007. He was the first winner of the PFA Players' Player of the Year award in 1974, and was included in the Football League 100 Legends. A tough tackling centre-half and defensive midfielder, he was nicknamed "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter. The nickname originated from a banner held up by Leeds United fans at the 1972 FA Cup Final against Arsenal; the banner simply read "Norman bites yer legs". He played 726 games in total for Leeds, scoring 21 goals.
Source: wikipedia.org
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