2. Roger Hunt
Spotted playing for local amateur side Stockton Heath, Roger Hunt was snapped up by Liverpool boss Phil Taylor in 1957 and marked his debut at home to Scunthorpe United a year later with a strike that would launch a phenomenal 492-game Anfield career.
"Billy Liddell got injured ... I got the call," Hunt recalls of his debut. "Jimmy Melia spotted me and played a short pass into my stride. I looked up and hit it instinctively. I knew it was in as soon as I struck it and I can't describe how good it felt to see it smash in off the crossbar."
That 64th-minute strike was followed by another 284 goals for the Reds as the 'Blonde Bomber' topped the club's all-time goalscorer charts until a certain Ian Rush came along and knocked him into second - though no player has scored more for the Reds in the league.
A league title and FA Cup winner, who also helped fire Bill Shankly's Liverpool into the top flight and won the 1966 World Cup with England, 'Sir' Roger is the only player to have an honorary knighthood bestowed upon him by the adoring Anfield faithful.