Peter Grummitt

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Peter Grummitt
Personal information
Date of birth (1942-08-19) 19 August 1942 (age 80)
Place of birth Bourne, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Bourne Town
1960–1970 Nottingham Forest 313 (0)
1970–1973 Sheffield Wednesday 121 (0)
1973–1977 Brighton and Hove Albion 136 (0)
1977–1978 Worthing
International career
1961–1963 England under-23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Grummitt (born 19 August 1942) is an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League during the 1960s and 1970s, most notably with Nottingham Forest. [2]

He made 352 senior appearances for Forest [3] before transferring to Sheffield Wednesday in 1970. [4]

During his time with Wednesday he made 130 senior appearances, and missed just one game during the 1970-71 season. [4] In April 1973 he played his last game for Wednesday, [4] before joining Brighton and Hove Albion, then managed by Brian Clough on loan after Brighton had been beaten 8-2 by Bristol Rovers in front of the TV cameras. [5] However, despite losing 4–1 on his debut against Tranmere Rovers Grummitt made over 100 league appearances for the Seagulls before joining Worthing F.C. [2]

He was capped on three occasions by England under-23 between 1961 and 1963. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Peter Grummitt". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 Football League Career stats at Neil Brown
  3. ↑ Times - Top 50 Forest
  4. 1 2 3 Sheff Wed stats at adrianbullock.com
  5. ↑ Goalkeepersaredifferent.com
  6. ↑ Tony Williams and Roy Peskett (compilers) (1971). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971-72. Queen Anne Press. ISBN   0-362-00094-8.


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