Career
During his time on the List he was based in Leicester, where he worked as a university lecturer. Hunting became a Football League referee at the age of only 32. His eleven years on the international panel is a very long spell by English standards, as England tends to promote its referees to that level later than most other countries.
He refereed regularly abroad, including two European Championships qualifying games - the Netherlands against Switzerland on 28 March 1979, and the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics versus Portugal on 27 April 1983.
He also took charge of the Fédération internationale de football association World Cup qualifying match for the 1982 tournament between Nigeria and Tunisia on 12 July 1980. Domestically, he was appointed to Home International Championship matches, such as the meeting between Northern Ireland and Scotland at Windsor Park, Belfast, on 28 April 1982.
His most senior European club game was the European Cup quarter-final second leg between Baník Ostrava and Bayern Munich in 1981. However, it was only at the very end of his career in 1984 that he was awarded the FA Cup Final.
This was his farewell match, which took place at Wembley as Everton beat Watford 2-0.
He has also been an International Tennis Federation Silver Badge tennis referee.