Peter O'Sullivan (Welsh footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Anthony O'Sullivan | ||
Date of birth | 4 March 1951 | ||
Place of birth | Colwyn Bay, Wales | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1970 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
1970–1981 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 435 | (39) |
1980 | → San Diego Sockers (loan) | 21 | (2) |
1981–1983 | Fulham | 46 | (1) |
1982–1983 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
1982–1983 | → Reading (loan) | 9 | (0) |
1983 | Seiko SA | ||
1983–1984 | Aldershot | 14 | (0) |
1984–1985 | Crawley Town | ||
Maidstone United | |||
Total | 530 | (42) | |
International career | |||
1973–1978 | Wales | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Peter O'Sullivan (born 4 March 1951) is a Welsh former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a winger, making over 500 career appearances.
Career
[edit]Born in Colwyn Bay, O'Sullivan played in England, the United States and Hong Kong for Manchester United, Brighton & Hove Albion, the San Diego Sockers, Fulham, Charlton Athletic, Reading, Seiko SA, Aldershot, Crawley Town and Maidstone United.[1][2][3]
O'Sullivan earned three caps for the Welsh national team between 1973 and 1978.[3]
After football
[edit]As of May 2008, O'Sullivan was working for a Brighton plant-hire company.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Profile". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Peter O'Sullivan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Greg Struthers (4 May 2008). "Caught in time: Brighton win promotion to the First Division, 1979". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
Categories:
- 1951 births
- Living people
- People from Colwyn Bay
- Footballers from Conwy County Borough
- Welsh men's footballers
- Wales men's international footballers
- Wales men's under-23 international footballers
- Manchester United F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- San Diego Sockers (1978–1996) players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Aldershot F.C. players
- Maidstone United F.C. (1897) players
- Crawley Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Men's association football wingers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Welsh expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Welsh expatriate men's footballers
- Welsh football midfielder stubs