Frank Peters (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frank Reginald Peters | ||
Date of birth | 26 February 1910 | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Date of death | 1990 (aged 79-80)[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Youth career | |||
Old Mills | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
19??–1928 | Coventry City | 0 | (0) |
Wellington St George's | |||
1930–1931 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | (7) |
1931–1932 | Fulham | 1 | (1) |
1933–1936 | Swindon Town | 100 | (45) |
1936–1939 | Bristol City | 113 | (22) |
Total | 243 | (75) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Frank Reginald Peters (26 February 1910 – 1990) was an English footballer who played as an outside right. He was born in Birmingham. He made over 240 Football League appearances in the years before the Second World War.[3]
Career
[edit]Peters played locally for Wellington St George's. He initially joined Coventry City but failed to make a first team appearance.[4] Peters moved to Charlton Athletic in July 1930. He had a short spell with Fulham. Peters joined Swindon Town in July 1933. Bob Hewison signed Peters in May 1936 from Swindon Town for Bristol City.[4][5] Like so many other players Peters ended his football career on the outbreak of the Second World War.
Honours
[edit]- with Bristol City
- Football League Third Division South runners up: 1937–38
References
[edit]- ^ England and Wales Death Registration Index: Frank Peters
- ^ "Bristol City. Forward line strengthened". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xi – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ^ a b Woods, David; Edwards, Leigh (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-900178-26-5.
- ^ Woods, David (1994). Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-95-X.
Categories:
- 1910 births
- 1990 deaths
- Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Wellington St George's F.C. players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Bristol City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football forward, 1910s birth stubs