Peter Gordon (English footballer)

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Peter Gordon
Personal information
Full name Peter John Gordon
Date of birth(1932-05-21)21 May 1932
Place of birth Northampton, England
Date of death 22 May 1990(1990-05-22) (aged 58)
Place of death Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Position(s) outside forward/inside forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Northampton Amateurs
1949–1958 Norwich City 160 (34)
1958–1960 Watford 43 (13)
1960–1962 Exeter City 67 (11)
1962–1963 Newport County 8 (1)
Poole Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter John Gordon was an English association footballer. He played as both outside forward and inside forward in the Football League for Norwich City, Watford, Exeter City and Newport County. After retiring as a player, he coached at several Football League clubs.

Career

Born in Northampton, Gordon started his career at Northampton amateurs, before turning professional with Norwich City in December 1949. He spent much of his career at Norwich, who at the time were competing in the Football League Third Division South. After 160 league appearances and 34 goals, Gordon joined Watford for the start of the 1958–59 season. [1] [2]

After failing to score in his first 11 Watford starts, Gordon's goalscoring rate improved, to the extent that he finished the 1958–59 season as the club's joint-top scorer with 13 goals. However, his place in the Watford first-team was taken by new arrival Dennis Uphill for the 1959–60 season; Gordon made only 5 appearances as Watford secured promotion from the Fourth Division. [3]

In search of first-team football, Gordon left Watford to join Exeter City. Over the following two seasons he made 67 appearances and scored 11 goals, before finishing his career at Newport County and Poole Town. After retirement, Gordon had brief coaching spells at Hartlepool United, Southend United and Northampton Town. He moved away from professional football in 1975 and eventually settled his family home in Barham, near Ipswich, Suffolk. He died in Ipswich Hospital, the day after his 58th birthday. [2]

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References

  1. "Peter Gordon". Neil Brown. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  2. 1 2 Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 98. ISBN   0-9527458-0-1.
  3. Jones, Trefor (1998). Watford Season by Season. pp. 126–129. ISBN   0-9527458-1-X.