Peter Fletcher (footballer)

{{short description|English footballer}}

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

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| name = Peter Fletcher

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|12|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Manchester, England

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}{{cite book |last1=Barnes |first1=Justyn |last2=Bostock |first2=Adam |last3=Butler |first3=Cliff |last4=Ferguson |first4=Jim |last5=Meek |first5=David |last6=Mitten |first6=Andy |last7=Pilger |first7=Sam |last8=Taylor |first8=Frank OBE |last9=Tyrrell |first9=Tom |title=The Official Manchester United Illustrated Encyclopedia |publisher=Manchester United Books |year=2001 |location=London |isbn=0-233-99964-7 |page=83 |name-list-style=amp }}

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 = 1969–1973 |youthclubs1 = Manchester United

| years1 = 1973–1974 |clubs1 = Manchester United |caps1 = 7 |goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1974–1976 |clubs2 = Hull City |caps2 = 36 |goals2 = 5

| years3 = 1976–1978 |clubs3 = Stockport County |caps3 = 51 |goals3 = 13

| years4 = 1978–1982 |clubs4 = Huddersfield Town |caps4 = 99 |goals4 = 36

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Peter Fletcher (born 2 December 1953) is an English former footballer who played as a forward. Born in Manchester, he played in the Football League for Manchester United, Hull City, Stockport County and Huddersfield Town before retiring in 1982, at age 29.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/peterfletcher.html |title=Peter Fletcher |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=19 October 2009}}

Fletcher played mainly in the reserve team for Manchester United, before moving to Hull City as part of the deal that took Stuart Pearson to United for £200,000.{{cite news| title=Docherty signs up £200,000 Pearson| newspaper=Daily Mirror| date=4 May 1974| page=40| url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19740504/433/0040| url-access=subscription| via=British Newspaper Archive}}