Alan Hunter (born 30 July 1964) was an Australian

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who played for several

National Soccer League The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its ...

(NSL) clubs, most notably for the

Brisbane Strikers Brisbane Strikers Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1991 as Brisbane United, the club competed in the National Soccer League until the 2003–04 season. Brisbane Strikers ...

. Hunter was born in Northern Ireland. He won the

Joe Marston Medal The Joe Marston Medal is an A-League Men award given to the player of the match in the A-League Men Grand Final each year. Introduced in 1990, previously the award was also given to the best player in the National Soccer League grand final. The ...

for best afield in the season 1996/97 Grand Final. He also played several games for the Socceroos in 'A' and 'B' international matches.

References

External links

Oz Football profile

NSL awards at ozfootball.net

{{Australia-footy-defender-stub 1964 births Living people Australian men's soccer players National Soccer League (Australia) players Brisbane Strikers FC players Carlton SC players Sydney United 58 FC players Sydney United 58 FC managers Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for Australia Parramatta FC players Men's association football defenders Association footballers from County Antrim Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland National Soccer League (Australia) managers 20th-century Australian sportsmen