Peter Stone (soccer, born 1954)

{{Short description|Australian soccer player (1954–2022)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Peter Stone

| fullname = Peter Lloyd Stone

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| birth_date = 30 September 1954

| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

| death_date = 21 August 2022 (aged 67)

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| position = Midfielder

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| youthclubs1 = Kotara South

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| youthclubs2 = Adamstown Rosebud

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Adamstown Rosebud

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| years2 = 1971–1978

| clubs2 = Western Suburbs

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| years3 = 1979–1980

| clubs3 = APIA Leichhardt

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| years4 = 1981–1983

| clubs4 = St. George

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| nationalyears1 = 1976–1983

| nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalcaps1 = 15

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Peter Lloyd Stone (30 September 1954 – 21 August 2022) was an Australian association football player who played as a midfielder.{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/S/ST.html|title=Australian Player Database – ST|publisher=ozfootball.net|access-date=11 June 2009}} He made 15 appearances for the Australia national team.

Club career

Born in Brisbane, Stone played his junior football for Kotara South and Adamstown Rosebud, also playing at senior level for the latter.{{cite web |title=Vale Peter Stone |url=https://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news/vale-peter-stone |website=Football Australia |access-date=7 September 2022 |date=21 August 2022}} He went on to play for Western Suburbs in the NSW Super League at state level (1973–1976) and the National Soccer League (1977).

In 1978, he moved to APIA Leichhardt, where he spent three NSL seasons.

Stone moved to St. George in 1980, where he played two seasons.

He retired in 1983, aged 29.

International career

Stone made his international debut for the Australia national team in 1976 against Hong Kong.{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/socceroocaps.pdf|title=The Australian national men's football team: caps and captains|work=Football Federation Australia|publisher=ozfootball.net|access-date=11 June 2009}} He earned 15 caps.

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