Editing Roger Hunt (section)

==International career==
Hunt was capped 34 times for his country, with his debut given to him by [[Walter Winterbottom]] whilst he was still a Second Division player on 4 April 1962, in a friendly against [[Austria national football team|Austria]] at Wembley. He scored on his international debut as [[England national football team|England]] won 3–1.<ref name=efo>{{cite web |title=Roger Hunt |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersH/BioHuntR.html |website=England Football Online |access-date=28 September 2021}}</ref> He was part of the England squad at the [[1962 FIFA World Cup]] in Chile, but was not selected to play.<ref>{{cite web |title=England in Chile 1962 |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/cmpwc/CmpWC1962Squad.html |website=England Football Online |access-date=28 September 2021}}</ref>

England had been chosen to host the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]], and Hunt, along with Liverpool club mates [[Ian Callaghan]] and [[Gerry Byrne (footballer, born 1938)|Gerry Byrne]], were selected by manager [[Alf Ramsey]] for the 22-man squad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/29/gerry-byrne|title=Gerry Byrne obituary|date=29 November 2015|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
Hunt was one of three forwards selected for the tournament. He initially partnered [[Tottenham Hotspur]] striker [[Jimmy Greaves]] up front, but following a leg injury to Greaves he played alongside [[Geoff Hurst]] of [[West Ham United]].<ref>{{cite web |title=England 1966 |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/cmpwc/CmpWC1966Squad.html |website=England Football Online |access-date=28 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Jim |title=Jimmy Greaves was supposed to be England's 1966 hero but injury meant 'the big one' eluded him - and it hurt |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/09/19/jimmy-greaves-supposed-englands-1966-hero-injury-meant-big-one/ |access-date=28 September 2021 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=19 September 2021}}</ref>
He played in all six games, scoring three times, twice against [[France national football team|France]] and once against [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], as England went on to win the [[Jules Rimet]] trophy after a 4–2 extra time win over [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] in the [[1966 World Cup Final|World Cup Final]] at Wembley.<ref name=Guardianobit>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/sep/28/roger-hunt-obituary|title=Roger Hunt obituary|date=28 September 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/sep/28/roger-hunt-england-world-cup-winner-and-liverpool-striker-dies|title=Roger Hunt, England World Cup winner and former Liverpool striker, dies aged 83|date=28 September 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref>

A section of the England fans (from the south of England) blamed Hunt (a northerner who played for a northern team) for replacing Greaves in the [[1966 World Cup Final|World Cup Final]], and would boo him on his subsequent appearances for England (even though it was actually the Londoner Geoff Hurst who replaced Greaves). Following this, Hunt eventually told [[Alf Ramsey]] in 1969, following a game against Romania, that he no longer wished to play for England, and retired from international football.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hattenstone |first=Simon |date=2006-04-07 |title=The best of times |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/apr/08/newsstory.sport |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-09-28 |title=Roger Hunt obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/liverpool-and-england-legend-roger-hunt-dies-aged-83-lww0lb6dg |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>