Dennis Hunt

Dennis Perrior Hunt ( born September 8, 1937 in Portsmouth) is a former English footballer.

Career

Hunt played in the junior area of ​​Portsmouth and for selecting teams of Hampshire, before he took his army service. There he was Jimmy Greenhalgh, assistant coach of FC Gillingham, discovered in 1958 and brought to the club. Hunt, were among the strengths of its robustness and its mattered tackles, ten years to the permanent staff of the Gills. In the season 1963/64, the club succeeded as master of promotion to the Third Division, the defense around goalkeeper John Simpson cashed it in 46 games, only 30 goals. 1968 Hunt moved after 321 league games at Gillingham for a season to the fourth division FC Brentford before he trailed off his career as player-coach at FC Folkestone in amateur football. Here he succeeded in 1970/71 promotion to the Southern League Premier Division.

Between May of 1977 and November 1978 Hunt acted more as coach of FC Margate and made it one more time promotion to the Premier Division of the Southern League. His brother Ralph Hunt, who died in an accident 31 -year-old in a car accident in 1964, was also a long-time professional footballer.