Peter Grummitt
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 August 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Bourne, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?-1960 | Bourne Town | ? | |
| 1960-1970 | Nottingham Forest | 313 | (0) |
| 1970-1973 | Sheffield Wednesday | 121 | (0) |
| 1973-1977? | Brighton and Hove Albion | 136 | (0) |
| 1977?-? | Worthing | ? | |
| National team | |||
| 1961-1963 | England under-23 | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Peter Grummitt (born 19 August 1942) is an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League during the 1960s and 1970s, most notably with Nottingham Forest.[1]
He made 352 senior appearances for Forest[2] before transferring to Sheffield Wednesday in 1970.[3]
During his time with Wednesday he made 130 senior appearances, and missed just one game during the 1970-71 season.[3] In April 1973 he played his last game for Wednesday,[3] before joining Brighton and Hove Albion, then managed by Brian Clough on loan after Brighton had been beaten 8-2 by Bristol Rovers in front of the TV cameras.[4] However, despite losing 4-1 on his debut against Tranmere Rovers Grummitt made over 100 league appearances for the Seagulls before joining Worthing F.C..[1]
He was capped on three occasions by England under-23 between 1961 and 1963.[5]
References
- 1 2 Football League Career stats at Neil Brown
- ↑ Times - Top 50 Forest
- 1 2 3 Sheff Wed stats at adrianbullock.com
- ↑ Goalkeepersaredifferent.com
- ↑ Tony Williams and Roy Peskett (compilers) (1971). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971-72. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-362-00094-8.