Peter Burridge

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Peter Burridge
Personal information
Full name Peter Burridge
Date of birth (1933-12-30) 30 December 1933 (age 89)
Place of birth Harlow, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
19??–1959? Barnet ? (?)
1959?–1960 Leyton Orient 6 (2)
1960–1962 Millwall 87 (58)
1962–1965 Crystal Palace 114 (42)
1965–1967? Charlton Athletic 44 (4)
1967?–19?? Bedford Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Burridge (born 30 December 1933 in Harlow) [1] is an English former footballer who played as an inside forward in the 1950s and 1960s. [2]

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Playing career

He began his career with Barnet and from there was signed by Leyton Orient of the Football League in 1958–59. [2] He only played a handful of games for the club [2] before a successful transfer to Millwall in 1960. [3] In the 1960–61 season he scored 34 goals for the club, and this was followed the next season with 22 goals which helped Millwall to the League title, following which he was sold to Crystal Palace for £10,000, [3] signing in June 1962. [1]

He played over 100 league games for Palace, and scored a league hat-trick for them versus Wrexham on 15 April 1963. [4] In season 1963–64 Palace were promoted to the second tier and Burridge played in all but two games, scoring 20 goals, making him joint (League) top-scorer with Cliff Holton. [5] In November 1965, [1] he moved to Charlton Athletic before returning to non-League football with Bedford Town. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 320. ISBN   0907969542.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Football League career stats at Neil Brown
  3. 1 2 David Prole. "Millwall 1945 - 1964". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  4. ↑ CP Official, Hat-trick heroes
  5. ↑ Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 221. ISBN   0907969542.
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