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Peter Wall (footballer)

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Peter Wall
Personal information
Full name Peter Thomas Wall[1]
Date of birth (1944-09-13)13 September 1944
Place of birth Shrewsbury, England
Date of death 30 October 2024 (aged 80)[2]
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1965 Shrewsbury Town 18 (0)
1965–1967 Wrexham 22 (1)
1967–1970 Liverpool 31 (0)
1970–1977 Crystal Palace 177 (4)
1972–1973 → Leyton Orient (loan) 10 (0)
1977 St. Louis Stars 18 (0)
1978–1980 California Surf 74 (3)
Total 350 (8)
Managerial career
1979–1981 California Surf
1982–1987 Los Angeles Lazers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Thomas Wall (13 September 1944 – 30 October 2024[2]) was an English professional footballer who played in England and the United States as a full back. He subsequently became a coach in the United States.

Career

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Playing career

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Wall was born on 13 September 1944 in Shrewsbury.[1] After leaving education at Pontesbury Secondary Modern School,[3] he signed a professional contract with Shrewsbury Town in 1963, making 18 league appearances during the next two seasons.[4] He signed for Wrexham in 1965, and made 22 league appearances over the next two seasons.[5] Wall moved to Liverpool in 1967, and over the next three seasons made 31 league appearances.[6] Wall then signed for Crystal Palace, where he made 177 league appearances over seven seasons.[7] While at Crystal Palace, Wall spent the 1972–73 season on loan with Leyton Orient.[8] Wall later played in the NASL for the St. Louis Stars and the California Surf.[9]

Coaching career

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Following his retirement as a player following the end of the 1980 season, Wall became manager of the California Surf[10] for the 1981 season, and the Los Angeles Lazers between 1982 and 1987.

Personal life

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After his coaching career in America, Wall returned to Shropshire, where he was living in Oswestry and employed at motor dealers Furrow's in 2008.[11]

Wall died on 30 October 2024 aged 80. A grandfather, he was survived by his wife Kathleen.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 342. ISBN 0907969542.
  2. ^ a b c Shropshire Star, p.16. Death notice which states his name as T. Peter Wall (sic).
  3. ^ "Players from the past". Shropshire Schools & Colleges Football Association.
  4. ^ "SHREWSBURY TOWN : 1950/51 - 2002/03 & 2004/05 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  5. ^ "WREXHAM : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  6. ^ "LIVERPOOL : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  7. ^ "CRYSTAL PALACE : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  8. ^ "LEYTON ORIENT : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  9. ^ "NASL career stats". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 9 April 2009.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "NASL Coaches Registry". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  11. ^ Jones, Mike (2008). Meadow Maestros & Misfits. Janet Beasley, Shrewsbury. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-9548099-2-8.
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