Obviously depending on how many years you have been watching our great club I was just wondering who people thought in there opinion was our greatest coach and our greatest player where?

Arthur Bunting
Peter Sterling

As i'm only 18 i've only witnessed our super league era, In which id have to say Swain and Kearney are the stand outs for me. Although Jason Smith has given me some unforgetable moments. From watching my Dads old Dvd's though i'd say that Gary Kemble was definitely a player i'd of loved to have seen play.

Greatest Hull Coach - Roy Francis, made a team out of virtually nothing with hardly any budget unlike Bunting who despite getting the cream still only managed 1 championship & 1 challenge cup of the major trophies.

Greatest player is very difficult, is it based on individual skill or influence on the team & its success as a whole?
I'd go for Topliss for skill factor & Johnny Whiteley for overall great & influence.

you do know how few games Sterlo played for us?

Topliss, no doubt in my mind.

Sterling may have only played 36 games for us but he was the greatest player I saw in a Hull shirt. Knocker would be a very close second.

Bunting was a tremendous coach although he was blessed to be able to sign the likes of these two and the Kiwis. Brian Smith took us to the top of the league with very much a workman like side.

Just missed out on the glory days of the early/mid 80's and starting going in the days of coach Len Casey!!!

Best player Jason Smith.
Best Coach Brian Smith.

The fact that I would have John Kear down as the 2nd best coach since supporting the club, shows the lack of great coaches we have had in the last 25 years.

Best Coach Arthur Bunting
Best Player Knocker

Mick Crane for entertainment value

Roy Francis for stepping the game forward

B.Smith
P.Sterling

Bingo

Don't care how many games Peter Sterling played anybody who watched him would have seen what a fantastic player he was, he changed games on his own. So for me it has to be be him.

For the coach I will go for Brian Smith because although he never won anything at Hull he turned some very average players at the time into good players.

I've only been going since 03, but I would go:

Swain
Bomber, for the style of rugby, and the massive win against Salford that really made my mind up that it was worth going to Rugby!

Arthur Bunting

Sterlo/Knocker (undecided both masters of the game)

What he said .

coach Bunting/Smith
Player Sterling/Knocker

seen some great players at fc,toppo,crane,sterling,knocker,j smith,swain i could go on,but for me knocker was a living legend,the word GOD springs to mind.

as for the coach not seen one better then arthur,the players he attracted to fc was second to none,they was one big family and believe it or not since that great wembley final in 85 they are all still mates and visit each others homes,i had the pleasure of taking them on my bus last year to wembley for a reunion and it was that good ive been asked to take them again this year,patrick,puckering,tindal,sutton,rose,taffy,k james,all great people and are still the best of friends,like arthur said he created a family and also enjoyed plenty of silverware.

he had a hefty wadge of cash behind him too wolfie

True mate

Although I've had many favourites over the years and enjoyed watching different players at different times, it's got to be Arthur Bunting and Norton as the best I've seen for Hull.

Bunting and Knocker for me to.

No arguments from me.

I agree, but the one thing that always sticks in my mind from those days was how virtually every signing 'fitted in' with the team and complemented each other. We also had the likes of Harkin and Dean happily fighting for a place at seven.
Bunting as you say did have a "wadge of cash" but he bought the right players at the right time.

Bunting for me as coach and Knocker for his brilliance as a player.

Favourite coach bunting although smith was probably a better coach, favourite player knocker although sterling was probably a slightly better player but wasn't here long enough to oust Norton.

Roy Francis was before my time but was regarded as a visionary in his time with Hull and I doubt you can go far past whitely for the greatest player of all time