Jonny Hurst, Date of Birth
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English chant laureate
Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1966
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Jonny Hurst
- Jonny Hurst (born 11 June 1966), from Wanstead, north London, is England's first Chant Laureate. Barclaycard set up the competition to choose a Chant Laureate, who would be paid £10,000 to tour Premiership stadiums and compose football chants for the 2004–5 football season.
- The judging panel was chaired by the Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, who said "What we felt we were tapping into was a huge reservoir of folk poetry." Ironically, Hurst, a Birmingham City fan, composed the winning entry about Birmingham's local rivals Aston Villa.
- The chant, sung to the tune of Barry Manilow's Copacabana, refers to that club's star player, Juan Pablo Ángel.He published his first book, 'Becoming a Lawyer', in July 2013.
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