Career
Born in Hampstead, he joined Queens Park Rangers as a schoolboy in December 1974, signed apprentice forms in July 1976 and turned professional in July 1977, making his league debut against Shrewsbury Town in 1981. Hucker had been at the club since he was a junior but had played very few games.He had seen a succession of managers bring their own preferred goalkeepers in while he bided his time in the reserves. The first-choice keeper at the time, John Burridge, was injured but was also not very keen on playing on the synthetic playing surface that Loftus Road had at the time.
Like many of the talented players of that team his form suffered as Terry Venables left the club in 1984 to be replaced by Alan Mullery.
He lost his place during the 1985-1986 season (to Paul Barron and he transferred to Oxford United in February 1987. Hucker played 160 league games for QPR. In a three-year spell at Oxford, Hucker played 66 league matches, but towards the end of his time there, he went on several loan spells, first to West Bromwich Albion in 1987-1988, making seven appearances, and then twice to Manchester United without making a single appearance.
He finished his career in non-league football and went on to establish a successful goalkeeping coaching school after retiring from the game.
