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Alan
Peacock |
Middlesbrough FC,
Leeds United AFC
6 appearances, 3 goals
P 6 W 4 D
2 L 0 F 12: A 3
83% successful
1962-65
disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 540 |
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Timeline |
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Alan Peacock |
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Birth |
Friday, 29 October 1937
in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire |
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registered in Middlesbrough
October-December 1937 |
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Education |
Smeaton Street School in North Ormesby |
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According to British
Phone Books, from 1973, Alan Peacock, who had turned his hand to a
newsagent business after retiring from playing, had his shop on 46a Cargo
Fleet Lane in Ormesby area of Middlesbrough, and he could be contacted on
34558. Although from 1977 until at least 1982, it was 314558. |
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Marriage |
to Margaret J. Rhodes, in November 1958 |
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registered in Middlesbrough
October-December 1958 |
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Joined the
15th Queen's Royal Lancers in December 1958.
According to
Electoral Registers, Alan was living at Lilac Cottage in
Carlton-in-Cleveland, from at least 2003. |
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Diagnosed with dementia and
Alzheimer's disease, announced in August 2021 |
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Death |
Friday, 29 June 2025
in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire |
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aged 87 years 243 days |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancestry.com |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Started his football playing schools and junior
football in the town and joined his local league club, Middlesbrough FC as
an amateur, turning professional in November 1954. Don Revie's Leeds United AFC paid
£53,000 for him on 6 February 1964.
'Peacock had had three knee operations in
three years.'
Plymouth Argyle FC then paid
£10,000 on 6 October 1967. Placed on the transfer-list on 2 February
1968 with only Linclon City FC showing interest in signing him. Argyle
agreed to sever his contract on 2 March 1968. |
League honours
284 appearances 151 goals |
Middlesbrough FC 1955-64 219
appearances, 124 goals
debut (division two): 26 November 1955 Bristol
Rovers FC 7 Middlesbrough FC 2
Leeds United AFC 1964-67 54
appearances, 26 goals
debut (division two): 8 February 1964 Norwich
City FC Leeds United AFC 2 .
Plymouth Argyle FC
1967-68 eleven appearances, one goal
debut (division two): 7 October
1968 Plymouth Argyle FC 1 Huddersfield Town AFC 1.
last (division two):
20 January 1968 Plymouth Argyle FC 3 Derby County FC 4. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Two fourth
place 1962-63 (40ᵃ 31ᵍ), winners 1963-64 (14ᵃ 8ᵍ);
Division One runners-up 1964-65 (24ᵃ 10ᵍ), 1965-66 (24ᵃ 10ᵍ), fourth
place 1966-67 (6ᵃ 2ᵍ);
FA Cup runner-up 1964-65 (4ᵃ 2ᵍ); |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
6'
0", 11st.
4lbs [1964]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
806th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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First match |
No. 360, 2 June 1962, Argentina
1 England 3, a World Cup Finals group match at
Estadio Braden Copper Co., Rancagua, aged
24 years
216 days. |
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Last match |
No. 394, 10 November 1965,
England 2 Northern Ireland 1, a British Championship match at The Empire
Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 28 years 12 days.
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1962;
British
Championship 1962-63, 1965-66; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners
1965-66; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Took over a Middlesbrough
newsagency in Cargo Fleet Lane, Ormesby. Founded the Middlesbrough FC
Former Players Associatiuon in 2005, when he also became a president of
Guisborough Town FC -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.193. |
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