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Norman "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter Biography and Timeline

Follow Norman "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter through 5 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Norman "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

5Distinct records
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1965–1988Years on this page

1965

Debut

Sport / Football

Hunter made his debut for the England team in 1965, but the partnership between Charlton and Bobby Moore meant that he spent much of his international career as an understudy, winning 28 caps in total

1969

First Division Championship

Sport / Football

Leeds wiin the First Division Championship

1970

World Cup

Sport / Football

Selected for Alf Ramseys squad for the summers World Cup in Mexico, coming on as a substitute in the 3-2 defeat by West Germany.

1974

Player of the Year

Sport / Football

Hunter is the very first winner of the PFA Players Player of the Year award, receiving it at the end of the 1973-74 season

1988

Manager

Leeds · Sport / Football

Appointed manager of Leeds United

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.