Stephen Hunt (footballer born 1956)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Kenneth Hunt | ||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Aston Villa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1977 | Aston Villa | 7 | (1) |
| 1977–1978 | New York Cosmos | 48 | (20) |
| 1978–1984 | Coventry City | 185 | (27) |
| 1982 | → New York Cosmos (loan) | 22 | (9) |
| 1984–1986 | West Bromwich Albion | 68 | (15) |
| 1986–1988 | Aston Villa | 62 | (6) |
| 1988–1989 | Willenhall Town | ||
| Total | 392 | (78) | |
| National team | |||
| 1984 | England | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1988–1989 | Willenhall Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stephen Kenneth Hunt (born 4 August 1956) is a former England international footballer who played as a winger.
He began his career in 1975 as he ended it in 1988, winning promotion out of the Second Division with Aston Villa. In between these spells with Villa he spent most of his career in the First Division, attempting to keep Coventry City and West Bromwich Albion in the top-flight. He spent six years with Coventry, playing 185 league games as they successfully evaded the drop. He also spent three summers in the United States with the New York Cosmos, winning three Soccer Bowl titles (1977, 1978 and 1982), and was the MVP in Pelé's last game as a professional. In total, he scored 78 goals in 392 games in the Football League and North American Soccer League.
Born in the Witton area of Birmingham, Hunt began his professional career with hometown club Aston Villa in 1973.Vic Crowe's "Villans" finished 14th in the Second Division in 1973–74, before securing promotion with a second-place finish in 1974–75 under the stewardship of Ron Saunders. Villa finished 16th in the First Division in 1975–76 and then fourth in 1976–77. Hunt scored one goal in seven league games at Villa Park.
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