Ask around the club about K Hunter and you’ll hear a mix of hard numbers and even harder-to-measure influence. K Hunter’s 95-game run carried a steady presence that teammates learned to lean on, especially when the contest tightened. 2 premierships: proof that K Hunter could help build success, then help rebuild it again, never assuming it would simply repeat. The premiership years — 1978 and 1979 — mark some of the club’s standout eras. The club’s Best & Fairest record shows K Hunter at the top in 1980 and 1981, which usually means doing the unglamorous work exceptionally well. What stands out in conversations is K Hunter’s feel for moments — knowing when to lift the tempo, when to calm things down, and when to put the head over the ball. K Hunter’s record is a reminder that clubs are built by people who do the work when no one is watching. That’s why the name belongs on the honour roll. Plenty can be read in the statistics, but the respect attached to K Hunter comes from how they carried responsibility in ordinary weeks. To this day, K Hunter is cited as an example of what it means to represent Northcote Park properly. That balance — competitiveness with care for people — is why K Hunter is still spoken about with warmth. To this day, K Hunter is cited as an example of what it means to represent Northcote Park properly. It’s the sort of legacy that gets passed on in training drills, in committee rooms, and in the stories told after games.