 number 7, and coached at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers and Hull F.C.Arthur Bunting's birth was registered in Hemsworth district, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he grew up in a hot bed of rugby league in the Featherstone/Pontefract area, he played for Hull Kingston Rovers, and went on to coach them.Arthur Bunting played in Hull Kingston Rovers' 13–10 victory over Huddersfield in the Eastern Division Championship Final during the 1962–63 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 10 November 1962.