Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Osborne Hart | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Mexborough, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Huddersfield Town | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1974–1980 | Huddersfield Town | 210 | (7) |
1980–1990 | Walsall | 390 | (12) |
Total | 600 | (19) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Peter Osborne Hart (born 14 August 1957) is an English former footballer who played mainly as a defender. He made 600 appearances in the Football League playing for Huddersfield Town and Walsall. [2]
Hart holds the record for the youngest debutant for Huddersfield Town, having made his debut aged 16 years and 229 days against Southend United in 1974. [3] He played for Huddersfield in the final of the 1974 FA Youth Cup, and captained the club to the Fourth Division title in 1980. [3] He then moved to Walsall, helped them reach the semi-final of the 1983–84 Football League Cup, and captained the side to promotion to the Second Division via the play-offs in 1988. [3] The final game at Walsall's Fellows Park ground was Hart's testimonial match against West Bromwich Albion. [4] After retiring from football he was ordained as a minister of the Church of England and became vicar of St Luke's Church in Cannock. [5] In November 2017 he became vicar of St John the Baptist church in Armitage. [6]
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