{"id":14188,"date":"2020-04-23T09:40:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14188"},"modified":"2020-04-23T09:40:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:40:32","slug":"leeds-united-announce-that-south-stand-will-be-renamed-in-honor-of-norman-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14188","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United Announce That South Stand Will Be Renamed in Honor of Norman Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2.53445110-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2.53445110-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2.53445110-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Leeds have announced that the South Stand at Elland Road will be renamed the Norman Hunter South Stand.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter died aged 76 on April 17 after losing his battle against coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds tweeted: \u201c@LUFC are proud to announce the South Stand will be named in honor of legendary defender Norman Hunter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hunter won 28 England caps and was a member of England\u2019s 1966 World Cup winning squad.<\/p>\n<p>He made 540 appearances for Leeds and won two First Division titles, the FA Cup, League Cup and two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter\u2019s 14-year spell at Leeds ended in 1976, when he joined Bristol City. He finished his professional career at Barnsley in 1983, where he also served as manager between 1980 and 1984.<\/p>\n<p>He had a reputation as hard-tackling defender, which earned him the nickname \u2018bite yer legs\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-14188\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14188&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-14188\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14188&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-14188\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14188&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14188\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds have announced that the South Stand at Elland Road will be renamed the Norman Hunter South Stand. Hunter died aged 76 on April 17 after losing his battle against coronavirus. 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