Peter Croker
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox football biography Peter Harry Lewis Croker (21 December 1921 – 7 December 2011) was an English footballer,[1] who played as a full-back in the Football League for Charlton Athletic and Watford and in non-league football for Bromley and Gravesend & Northfleet.[2][3] Prior to his death, he was the last survivor from Charlton's 1947 FA Cup Final-winning team.[4][5][6] He missed the 1946 FA Cup Final through injury.[6]
Coaching and administrative career
Beginning in 1956, Croker served Charlton Athletic as youth team manager, scout and assistant manager.[2] He also scouted for Blackpool and Sunderland and later became chairman of the South East Counties League.[2]
Personal life
His great-nephew Eric Dier is also a professional footballer. His brother Ted Croker was the secretary of The Football Association between 1973 and 1989. At the time of his retirement in May 1994, Croker had been working as a solicitor. Peter Croker died at age 89.[6][7]
Honours
Club
References
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- 1921 births
- 2011 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Footballers from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
- People from Kingston upon Thames
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Bromley F.C. players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Watford F.C. players
- Ebbsfleet United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Brentford F.C. wartime guest players
- English solicitors
- Leyland Motors F.C. players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. non-playing staff
- Blackpool F.C. non-playing staff
- Sunderland A.F.C. non-playing staff
- English football chairmen and investors
- 20th-century English lawyers
- 20th-century English businesspeople
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