Peter Croker

{{short description|English footballer (1921–2011)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Peter Croker

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| fullname = Peter Harry Lewis Croker{{Hugman|4352|accessdate=9 March 2016}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|12|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kingston upon Thames, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|12|07|1921|12|21|df=y}}

| death_place = Bexley, England

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| position = Full back

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| youthclubs1 = Kingston YMCA

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| youthclubs2 = Leyland Motors

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| youthclubs3 = Kingston-upon-Thames

| youthyears4 = 1940–1941

| youthclubs4 = Charlton Athletic

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| clubs1 = Bromley

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| clubs2 = Charlton Rovers

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| years3 = 1941–1952

| clubs3 = Charlton Athletic

| caps3 = 59

| goals3 = 0

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| clubs4 = → Bromley (guest)

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| years5 = 1945

| clubs5 = → Brentford (guest)

| caps5 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1952–1953

| clubs6 = Watford

| caps6 = 23

| goals6 = 0

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| clubs7 = Gravesend & Northfleet

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| clubs8 = Harvey Sports

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| years9 = {{0|0000}}–1956

| clubs9 = Greenwich

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| manageryears1 = 1965–1966

| managerclubs1 = Charlton Athletic (assistant)

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Peter Harry Lewis Croker (21 December 1921 – 7 December 2011) was an English footballer,{{cite web|url=http://www.addicks.biz/showPlayer.php?id=90 |title=Roster: Peter Croker |publisher=Charlton Athletic Former Players Association |accessdate=11 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609103509/http://www.addicks.biz/showPlayer.php?id=90 |archivedate=9 June 2009 }} who played as a full-back in the Football League for Charlton Athletic and Watford and in non-league football for Bromley and Gravesend & Northfleet.{{Cite web |url=http://watfordfcarchive.com/downloads/players/+Clark-Crussell.pdf |title=Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017 » Players – Clark to Crussell |page=39 |access-date=22 June 2018}}{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=378}} Prior to his death, he was the last survivor from Charlton's 1947 FA Cup Final-winning team.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/backtofront-dublin-dumbfounds-charlton-484159.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/backtofront-dublin-dumbfounds-charlton-484159.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Back-to-front Dublin dumbfounds Charlton |work=The Independent |first=Ronald |last=Atkin |date=20 February 2005 |accessdate=11 July 2009}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/addicks-mourn-cup-legend-johnson-1-490249 |title=Addicks mourn Cup legend Johnson |date=1 July 2009 |work=Bexley Times |access-date=11 July 2009}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafc.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10267~2541133,00.html |title=Club saddened by Croker's death |last=Wright |first=Matt |date=8 December 2011 |publisher=Charlton Athletic Football Club |access-date=8 December 2011}} He missed the 1946 FA Cup Final through injury.