Andy Hunter (footballer, born 1864)

Andy Hunter
Hunter in 1879
Personal information
Date of birth August 1864 (1864-08)
Place of birth Joppa, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of death June 19, 1888(1888-06-19) (aged 23)
Place of death Australia
Position Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1879–1883 Aston Villa 11 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Hunter (August 1864 in Joppa, Ayrshire, Scotland – 19 June 1888 in Australia) was a Scottish footballer known for scoring Aston Villa's first goal in the FA Cup.

Hunter played for Ayr Thistle, Third Lanark and Vale of Leven, before coming to England.[1]

The 1879–80 English football season saw Aston Villa's first ever FA Cup tie and thus their entry into top flight competitive association football.[2] The start of the official record was Saturday 13 December 1879 when Villa faced Stafford Road F.C., of the Stafford Road railway works, Wolverhampton. The match was played before a crowd of 2,000 at Stafford's Half-Way House Ground.[2] In 2024, celebrating the club's 150th anniversary, Aston Villa Legacy Numbers were introduced indexing every first-team player who had represented the club in a competitive fixture.[3] Although playing before shirt numbers were introduced in 1926, Goalkeeper John Ball received Legacy Number 1.[4] Andy Hunter #4 officially became Villa's first goal-scorer in the 1-1 draw.[5]

Andy Hunter, like his more famous brother, Archie, who captained Aston Villa in the same period, he died young from a heart attack.[6] Another brother, John, was a Scotland international.[7][8]

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