Peter Neale

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Peter Neale
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-04-09)9 April 1934
Place of birth Bolsover, Derbyshire, England
Date of death June 2022(2022-06-00) (aged 88)
Position(s) Centre half
Youth career
Chesterfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1959 Oldham Athletic 117 (28)
1959–1966 Scunthorpe United 226 (7)
1966–1968 Chesterfield 69 (4)
1968–1969 Scarborough
Total 412 (39)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Neale (9 April 1934 – June 2022) was an English footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League.

Neale was born on 9 April 1934 in Bolsover, Derbyshire, and played for Duckmanton Miners Welfare, Markham Sports and Mansfield Town as an amateur before joining Oldham Athletic in January 1953, turning professional in 1955 following National Service, and making 117 appearances and scoring 28 goals.[1][2] Good performances for Oldham saw him move to Scunthorpe United for a transfer fee of £2,500 in October 1958, where he scored eight goals in 245 appearances in all competitions.[1][2] In October 1966, after being transfer-listed, he moved to Chesterfield for a fee of £2,000.[1] He was released by Chesterfield in 1968 and dropped into non-league football, later working as an insurance salesman, a bus driver and a driver for the NCB.[1] Neale died in June 2022 aged 88.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Peter Neale, 1934–2022". Chesterfield FC. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "In memoriam: Peter Neale". Scunthorpe United FC. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

External links[edit]

  • Peter Neale at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database