Frank Peterson (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Arthur Peterson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
| Date of death | not dead | ||
| Place of death | Camden, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Millwall | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1970 | Millwall | 3 | (0) |
| 1970 | → Brentwood Town (loan) | ||
| 1970–1982 | Chelmsford City | ||
| 1971 | → Margate (loan) | 7 | (3) |
| Romford | |||
| Hornchurch | |||
| Billericay Town | |||
| International career | |||
| England Youth | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Frank Arthur Peterson (3 April 1951 — December 2022) was an English footballer who played as a forward.
Career
[edit]Peterson progressed through Millwall's youth academy, becoming the first black player to play for the club.[2][3] Peterson made three Football League appearances for the club, before joining Chelmsford City in 1970.[1] In February 1971, Peterson joined Margate on loan for a month, becoming the club's first black player. In the 1971–72 Southern Football League season, Peterson scored over 30 times for Chelmsford, as the club won the title. Despite Peterson having multiple, lengthy periods out of the game during his time with Chelmsford, he made 302 appearances in all competitions, scoring 146 times.[3] The final years of Peterson's career consisted of periods at Romford, Hornchurch and Billericay Town.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Frank Peterson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ Hern, Bill; Gleave, David (2020). Football's Black Pioneers. Leicester: Conker Editions. pp. 168–169. ISBN 9781999900854.
- ^ a b "Frank Peterson". Margate Football Club History. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "CONNECTIONS – against ROMFORD FC (1929 – 1978) (83)". Fans Focus. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  | This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1950s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1951 births
- 2022 deaths
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers from the London Borough of Croydon
- People from Croydon
- Black British sportsmen
- English men's footballers
- Millwall F.C. players
- Brentwood Town F.C. players
- Chelmsford City F.C. players
- Margate F.C. players
- Romford F.C. players
- Hornchurch F.C. players
- Billericay Town F.C. players
- England men's youth international footballers
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- English people of Ghanaian descent
- Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- English football forward, 1950s birth stubs