1910 KENNETH HUNT COPE BROS. & CO. NOTED FOOTBALLERS SOLACE CIGARETTES #170
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YEAR: 1910
ISSUE: COPE BROS. & CO. NOTED FOOTBALLERS SOLACE CIGARETTES
NUMBER: 170
CONDITION: AUTHENTIC—SLIGHT TRIM TO RIGHT EDGE
A FASCINATING CHARCTER—HUNT WAS AN ENGLISH AMATEUR FOOTBALL PLAYER, OXFORD BLUE, FA CUP FINAL GOAL SCORER FOR WOLVES IN THEIR 3-1 VICTORY OVER NEWCASTLE IN 1908, ENGLAND CAP HOLDER, AND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST WITH THE GB FOOTBALL TEAM IN 1908 (HE ALSO COMPETED IN THE 1920 SUMMER OLYMPICS). HUNT WAS THE SON OF AN AMERICAN-BORN ANGLICAN CLERGYMAN AND IN 1909, FULFILLED HIS OWN CHILDHOOD DESIRE TO BECOME A CLERGYMAN WHEN HE WAS ORDAINED AS A DEACON IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.