Peter Bullock (footballer)

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Peter Bullock
Personal information
Full name Peter Leonard Bullock[1]
Date of birth (1941-11-17) 17 November 1941 (age 79)[1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
1957–1958 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1962 Stoke City 44 (13)
1962–1965 Birmingham City 27 (3)
1965 Southend United 12 (2)
1965–1968 Colchester United 95 (33)
1968 Exeter City 14 (2)
1968 Stafford Rangers
1968–1969 Walsall 7 (0)
Total 199 (53)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Peter Leonard Bullock (born 17 November 1941) is an English former footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 53 goals in 199 appearances in the Football League playing for Stoke City, Birmingham City, Southend United, Colchester United, Exeter City and Walsall.[1][2]

Career[]

Bullock was born in Stoke-on-Trent and began his career with Stoke City.[1] He made his debut for Stoke in a 4–1 defeat away at Swansea Town on 19 April 1958 at the age of 16 years and 163 days becoming the club's youngest player, he also scored Stoke's goal thus becoming youngest goalscorer.[1] He scored five goals in 13 appearances in 1958–59 but injury kept him out of the entire 1959–60 season.[1] He returned to the side in 1960–61 under new manager Tony Waddington playing in 19 matches scoring five goals.[1] He scored five goals again in 1961–62 and was sold to First Division Birmingham City for a fee of £10,000.[1] He was never able to live up to his potential at Birmingham and after making 28 appearances in four years he left for Southend United.

Bullock did not stay long at Roots Hall quickly moving to local rivals Colchester United with whom he gained promotion from the Fourth Division in 1965–66. He scored 15 goals in 1966–67 as the "U's" finished in 13th position, but relegation was suffered in 1967–68 and Bullock joined Exeter City in August 1968. He spent just three months at Exeter before returning to Staffordshire and played for non-league Stafford Rangers. He made a short return to professional football playing seven matches for Walsall before retiring.

Personal life[]

Bullock comes from a footballing family. His elder brother Brian was an amateur with West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City, and younger brother Mickey had a long playing career before going into management. His son Simon played for Halifax Town while Mickey Bullock was manager there.[3]

Career statistics[]

Source:[4]

Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke City 1957–58 Second Division 3 1 0 0 – 3 1
1958–59 Second Division 13 5 0 0 – 13 5
1959–60 Second Division 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
1960–61 Second Division 17 5 0 0 0 0 17 5
1961–62 Second Division 11 2 2 1 2 2 15 5
Total 44 13 2 1 2 2 48 16
Birmingham City 1961–62 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962–63 First Division 14 2 0 0 1 1 15 3
1963–64 First Division 11 1 0 0 0 0 11 1
1964–65 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 27 3 0 0 1 1 28 4
Southend United 1964–65 Third Division 8 2 0 0 0 0 8 2
1965–66 Third Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Total 12 2 0 0 0 0 12 2
Colchester United 1965–66 Fourth Division 34 11 2 0 0 0 36 11
1966–67 Third Division 41 15 1 0 1 0 43 15
1967–68 Third Division 20 7 2 0 1 0 23 7
Total 95 33 3 0 2 0 100 33
Exeter City 1968–69 Fourth Division 14 2 0 0 5 1 19 3
Total 14 2 0 0 5 1 19 3
Walsall 1968–69 Third Division 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Total 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Career Total 199 53 7 1 10 4 216 58

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ "Peter Bullock". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  3. ^ Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. ^ Peter Bullock at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External links[]

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