Peter Proudfoot
Personal information
Date of birth (1879-10-28)28 October 1879[1]
Place of birth Innerleithen, Scotland[2]
Date of death 4 March 1941(1941-03-04) (aged 61)[3]
Place of death Wishaw, Scotland[3][4]
Position(s) Half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Wishaw
– Wishaw United
1900–1903 Lincoln City 79 (20)
1903 St Mirren 2 (0)
1904 Albion Rovers 2 (0)
1904–1905 Millwall
1905–1906 Clapton Orient 26 (0)
1906–1907 Chelsea 12 (0)
1907–1908 Manchester United 0 (0)
1908–1913 Stockport County 45 (1)
1910 → Morton (loan) 1 (0)
Managerial career
1922–1929 Clapton Orient
1930–1931 Clapton Orient
1935–1939 Clapton Orient
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Proudfoot (28 October 1879 – 4 March 1941)[5] was a Scottish footballer who scored 21 goals in 162 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City, Clapton Orient, Chelsea[6] and Stockport County. He played at inside right, centre half or right half.[7] He also played in the Southern League for Millwall[8] and briefly for Scottish Football League clubs St Mirren, Albion Rovers and Morton.[7][9] When he signed for Millwall in 1904, the Daily Express described him as "a big strapping fellow with a fine knowledge of the game".[10] He was the first player to be transferred directly from Chelsea to Manchester United.[11]

Proudfoot was manager of Clapton Orient in three spells covering much of the 1920s and 1930s.[12] In 1928, the Football Association suspended him from football for six months for financial irregularities.[13]

Personal life

Proudfoot served in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry and Royal Scots Fusiliers and as a lieutenant in the Labour Corps during the First World War.[14] He was mentioned in despatches on 16 January 1918.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 5 July 2021
  2. ↑ 1891 Scotland Census, parish of Cambusnethan, via Ancestry. Retrieved 5 July 2021 (subscription required)
  3. 1 2 "Association Football". The Times. London. 5 March 1941. p. 9.
  4. ↑ Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results, ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 5 July 2021
  5. ↑ "Peter Proudfoot". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Peter Proudfoot". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  7. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  8. ↑ "Millwall 'Lions' rampant". Daily Express. London. 20 March 1905. p. 7.
  9. ↑ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ↑ "About footballers". Daily Express. London. 5 October 1904. p. 6.
  11. ↑ Dutton, Paul (2 July 2008). "Ask Statman". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "Leyton Orient managers". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "Association Football: The Clapton Orient case". The Times. London. 28 July 1928. p. 6.
  14. 1 2 "Peter Proudfoot | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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