| Cyril Hunter | |
| Fullname: | Cyril Hunter |
| Birth Date: | 8 February 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Pelaw, England |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Position: | Centre half |
| Years1: | 1919–1920 |
| Clubs1: | Woodturners |
| Years2: | 1920–1921 |
| Clubs2: | Leadgate Park |
| Years3: | 1921–1924 |
| Clubs3: | Brentford |
| Caps3: | 78 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 1924–1927 |
| Clubs4: | South Shields |
| Caps4: | 105 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 1928–1929 |
| Clubs5: | Fall River |
| Caps5: | 33 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 1929–1930 |
| Clubs6: | Lincoln City |
| Caps6: | 14 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Clubs7: | Gateshead |
Cyril Hunter (8 February 1898 – 1962) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for South Shields, Brentford and Lincoln City as a centre half.[2] [3] While a South Shields player, he received a six-month ban (then the longest in English football history) for exceptional rough play in a Second Division match versus rivals Middlesbrough in March 1927.[4] He was sent off in a Gateshead reserve team match in April 1931 and was suspended until the end of the 1931–32 season.[5]
| Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brentford | 1921–22[6] | Third Division South | 21 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| 1922–23 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 1923–24 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |||
| Total | 78 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 81 | 2 | |||
| Fall River | 1928–29[7] | American Soccer League | 33 | 2 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
| Lincoln City | 1929–30[8] | Third Division North | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| Career total | 125 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 128 | 5 | |||