Peter Wall (footballer)

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Peter Wall
Personal information
Full name	Peter Thomas Wall^[1]
Date of birth	(1944-09-13)13 September 1944
Place of birth	Shrewsbury, England
Date of death	30 October 2024(2024-10-30) (aged 80)
Position(s)	Full-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1965	Shrewsbury Town	18	(0)
1965–1967	Wrexham	22	(1)
1967–1970	Liverpool	31	(0)
1970–1977	Crystal Palace	177	(4)
1972–1973	→ Leyton Orient (loan)	10	(0)
1977	St. Louis Stars	18	(0)
1978–1980	California Surf	74	(3)
Total		350	(8)
Managerial career
1979–1981	California Surf
1982–1987	Los Angeles Lazers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Thomas Wall (13 September 1944 – 30 October 2024) was an English professional footballer who played in England and the United States as a full-back. He subsequently became a coach in the United States.

Playing career

Wall was born on 13 September 1944 in Shrewsbury.^[1] After leaving education at Pontesbury Secondary Modern School,^[2] he signed a professional contract with Shrewsbury Town in 1963, making 18 league appearances during the next two seasons.^[3] He signed for Wrexham in 1965, and made 22 league appearances over the next two seasons.^[4] Wall moved to Liverpool in 1967, and over the next three seasons made 31 league appearances.^[5] Wall then signed for Crystal Palace, where he made 177 league appearances over seven seasons.^[6] While at Crystal Palace, Wall spent the 1972–73 season on loan with Leyton Orient.^[7] Wall later played in the NASL for the St. Louis Stars and the California Surf.^[8]

Coaching career

Following his retirement as a player following the end of the 1980 season, Wall became manager of the California Surf^[9] for the 1981 season, and the Los Angeles Lazers between 1982 and 1987.

Personal life and death

After his coaching career in America, Wall returned to Shropshire, where he was living in Oswestry and employed at motor dealers Furrow's in 2008.^[10]

Wall died on 30 October 2024, aged 80. A grandfather, he was survived by his wife, Kathleen. His funeral took place at All Saints' Church, Worthen, Shropshire, where he was buried, on 2 December 2024.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 342. ISBN 0907969542.
^ "Players from the past". Shropshire Schools & Colleges Football Association.
^ "SHREWSBURY TOWN : 1950/51 - 2002/03 & 2004/05 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
^ "WREXHAM : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
^ "LIVERPOOL : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
^ "CRYSTAL PALACE : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
^ "LEYTON ORIENT : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
^ "NASL career stats". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 9 April 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "NASL Coaches Registry". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
^ Jones, Mike (2008). Meadow Maestros & Misfits. Janet Beasley, Shrewsbury. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-9548099-2-8.
^ Shropshire Star, 12 November 2024, p.16. Death notice which states his name as T. Peter Wall (sic).

External links

Peter Wall at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Wall at holmesdale.net

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