Peter Burridge
{{Short description|English footballer (1933–2025)}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Peter Burridge
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|12|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Harlow, Essex, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|4|28|1933|12|30|df=y}}
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| position = Forward
| youthyears1 =
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| years1 =
| clubs1 = Barnet
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| years2 = ?–1960
| clubs2 = Leyton Orient
| caps2 = 6
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 1960–1962
| clubs3 = Millwall
| caps3 = 87
| goals3 = 58
| years4 = 1962–1965
| clubs4 = Crystal Palace
| caps4 = 114
| goals4 = 42
| years5 = 1965–?
| clubs5 = Charlton Athletic
| years6 = ?–19??
| clubs6 = Bedford Town
| caps5 = 44
| goals5 = 4
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Peter Burridge (30 December 1933 – 30 April 2025) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the 1950s and 1960s.[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/peterburridge.html Football League career stats at Neil Brown]
Background
Burridge was born in Harlow, Essex, England on 30 December 1933. He died on 30 April 2025, at the age of 91.[https://www.millwallfc.co.uk/news/2025/april/30/peter-burridge/ Millwall Football Club is saddened to hear of the passing of former player, Peter Burridge, at the age of 91.]
Career
Burridge began his career with Barnet and from there was signed by Leyton Orient of the Football League in 1958–59. He only played a handful of games for the club before a successful transfer to Millwall in 1960. In the 1960–61 season he scored 34 goals for the club, and this was followed the next season with 22 goals which helped Millwall to the League title, following which he was sold to Crystal Palace for £10,000,{{cite web|url=http://www.millwall-history.org.uk/Origins-5.htm|title=Millwall 1945 - 1964|last=David Prole|publisher=The Millwall History Files|accessdate=31 December 2012}} signing in June 1962.
Burridge played over 100 league games for Palace, and scored a league hat-trick for them versus Wrexham on 15 April 1963.[https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2012/july/hat-tricks/?pageView=full#anchored CP Official, Hat-trick heroes] In season 1963–64 Palace were promoted to the second tier and Burridge played in all but two games, scoring 20 goals, making him joint (League) top-scorer with Cliff Holton.{{cite book|title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989|author=Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands|year=1990 |page=221|publisher=Breedon Books |isbn=0907969542}} In November 1965,{{cite book|title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989|author=Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands|year=1990 |page=320|publisher=Breedon Books |isbn=0907969542}} he moved to Charlton Athletic before returning to non-League football with Bedford Town.
References
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External links
- {{NeilBrownPlayers|player1/peterburridge|Peter Burridge}}
- [https://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=111&player=240 Peter Burridge at holmesdale.net]
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Harlow
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:English Football League players
Category:Leyton Orient F.C. players
Category:Millwall F.C. players
Category:Crystal Palace F.C. players