{"id":136179,"date":"2021-09-28T20:57:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T20:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=136179"},"modified":"2021-09-29T00:58:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T00:58:38","slug":"football-world-mourns-death-of-world-cup-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=136179","title":{"rendered":"Football world mourns death of World Cup winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

English football is mourning the death of Liverpool <\/a>striker and World Cup winner Roger Hunt at the age of 83.<\/p>\n

Hunt, who scored 285 goals in 492 appearances for Liverpool<\/a>, died peacefully at his home on Monday following a long illness, said the English club in a statement on its website.<\/p>\n

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"The thoughts of everybody at Liverpool FC are with Roger's family and friends at this sad and difficult time," added the Liverpool statement.<\/p>\n

Hunt is Liverpool's second all-time leading goalscorer after Ian Rush.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month Jimmy Greaves, another member of England's 1966 World Cup winning squad, died at the age of 81.<\/p>\n

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"Saddened to hear that yet another of the heroes of '66 has left us. Roger Hunt was a truly great striker for both @LFC and his country," tweeted former England international Gary Lineker.<\/p>\n

"He may be gone but his achievements will always be remembered. RIP Roger."<\/p>\n

Playing under legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly, Hunt helped the Merseyside team win two top-flight English league titles — in 1964 and 1966 — and the club's first FA Cup success in 1965.<\/p>\n

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"To be the goal-scoring catalyst of the Shankly team to actually achieve promotion and then go on to win those precious league titles and the FA Cup puts him in a bracket of LFC legends who are responsible for making us the club we are today," said Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.<\/p>\n

Hunt scored three times in six appearances during the 1966 World Cup tournament and netted 18 goals in 34 caps for England.<\/p>\n

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