Peter Springett

{{short description|English footballer (1946–1997)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Peter Springett

| image = U23, Italy v England (Trieste, 1968) - Springett, Anastasi.jpg

| caption = Springett (left) playing for England U23 in 1968

| fullname =

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll |url-access=registration |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 |editor-first=Jack |editor-last=Rollin |publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London |year=1980 |isbn=0362020175 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll/page/58 58]}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|5|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Fulham, London, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|8|28|1946|5|8|df=y}}

| death_place = Sheffield, England

| currentclub =

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1962–1967

| years2 = 1967–1975

| years3 = 1975–1980

| years4 = 1980–1981

| years5 =

| clubs1 = Queens Park Rangers

| clubs2 = Sheffield Wednesday

| clubs3 = Barnsley

| clubs4 = Scarborough

| clubs5 = Frickley Athletic

| caps1 = 137

| caps2 = 180

| caps3 = 191

| caps4 = 36

| caps5 =

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

|totalcaps = 508

| totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 =

|nationalteam1 = England U23 |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 =

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Peter Springett (8 May 1946 – 28 September 1997) was an English professional footballer in the 1960s and 1970s and the brother of fellow professional footballer Ron Springett. He made over 500 professional appearances in the football league as a goalkeeper.[https://www.doingthe92.com/display_player.asp?step=490&ID=1&pid=212&ptag=Peter_Springett Doing the 92 - Peter Springett] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144931/https://www.doingthe92.com/display_player.asp?step=490&ID=1&pid=212&ptag=Peter_Springett |date=2 April 2015 }}

Career

He played in goal for Queen's Park Rangers and later Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley, Scarborough and Frickley Athletic.{{Cite web |url=http://www.frickleyathleticmuseum.co.uk/peter-springett |title=Frickley Athletic Museum- Peter Springett |access-date=9 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083224/http://www.frickleyathleticmuseum.co.uk/peter-springett |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=usurped }}

He made his debut in 1963 against Peterborough United and went on to play 137 league games for QPR. Peter was part of the QPR team in 1966–67 that won both the Third Division Championship and the League Cup, beating West Bromwich Albion 3–2 at Wembley Stadium on 4 March 1967.

He moved to Sheffield Wednesday in 1967 in a unique swap deal for his brother, England international Ron Springett.

International career

He made appearances at youth level for England, but unlike his elder brother he was never capped as a full international.[http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/13458 B Days Peter Springett]

Later life

After retiring from the game he became a police officer and was present when the stolen European Cup was handed in at West Bar Police Station after Aston Villa's 1982 win.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8711000/8711259.stm Stolen European Cup turns up in Sheffield]", BBC News, 28 May 2010

Death

His death in Sheffield on 28 August 1997 came at the end of a four-year battle against cancer.

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