He started his career at West Bromwich Albion, before moving to Northampton Town where he made 177 Football League appearances.
He then had a brief spell at Nuneaton Borough in the Conference before moving on to Oxford United in 2002, before joining Hucknall Town for their 2003–04 Northern Premier League championship season.
Hunter was the Harrogate Town captain at the start of the season but was replaced by Denny Ingram midway through the term.
In the summer of 2012 he joined Marske United as a player/coach, before returning to Redcar as assistant manager in October 2012.
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