Peter Donnelly (footballer, born 1936)

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Peter Donnelly
Personal information
Full name Peter Donnelly [1]
Date of birth (1936-09-22) 22 September 1936 (age 86)
Place of birth Hull, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1953–1958 Doncaster Rovers 6 (1)
1958–1960 Scunthorpe United 39 (13)
1960–1961 Cardiff City 30 (8)
1961–1962 Swansea Town 16 (3)
1962–1964 Brighton & Hove Albion 56 (13)
1964–1966 Bradford City 13 (5)
Managerial career
1977 Margate
1982–1983 Margate
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Donnelly (born 22 September 1936) is an English former professional footballer.

Born in Hull, Donnelly began his career with Doncaster Rovers but was allowed to leave the club in 1958 to join Scunthorpe United. Finding his feet at Scunthorpe, he went on to score 19 times during his time at the club and his form persuaded Cardiff City to offer Joe Bonson to Scunthorpe in exchange. Signing for the club on their return to Division One, he put in a number of strong performances alongside the club's other main strikers, Derek Tapscott and Graham Moore, but was allowed to leave to join rivals Swansea Town. [2]

Spending one year at Swansea, Donnelly went on to finish his career with spells at Brighton & Hove Albion and Bradford City before later serving as manager of Margate in two separate spells.

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References

  1. "Peter Donnelly". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 50–51. ISBN   1-85983-462-0.