A superb goalscorer he let his feats do his talking for him. He was always unselfish and at all times a gentleman - qualities which earned him the sobriquet "Sir Roger" from an adoring Kop.
His first official title did not come until the 2000 New Year Honours list when he received an MBE, one of the last five members of England's 1966 World Cup winning team to be decorated. During the tournament he scored three times in six appearances and, overall, hit 18 goals in 34 England games, underlining the deadly finishing instincts of the 5ft 9in striker.
At Liverpool he developed an incisive attacking partnership with Ian St John and his haul of 245 League goals between 1959 and 1969 stands as a club record, as does his single season total of 41 in the 1961-62 Second Division promotion campaign.
But Liverpool found him by sheer chance. Club scout Bill Jones went to watch a Knutsford player in a Mid Cheshire League game but was alerted, instead, by a Stockton heath player called Hunt - and a majestic Anfield career beckoned. After winning two League titles and an FA Cup winners medal Hunt moved on to Bolton and is a long-serving member of the Pools Panel.
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