Norman Hunter was the uncompromising defensive cornerstone of Don Revie’s formidable Leeds United. A fiercely committed centre-half, he earned the nickname “Bites Yer Legs” for a tackling style that struck fear into forwards across England.
He won league titles and cup honours during Leeds’s dominant era and was part of England’s 1966 World Cup-winning squad, remembered as one of the hardest and most reliable defenders of his generation.