Peter McCall

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Peter McCall
Personnel
birthday September 11, 1936
place of birth West Ham ,  England
date of death February 9, 2020
position Outrunner
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
0000-1952 King's Lynn FC
1952-1962 Bristol City 78 (1)
1962-1965 Oldham Athletic 108 (5)
1965-1967 Hereford United
1 Only league games are given.

Peter McCall (born September 11, 1936 in West Ham , † February 9, 2020 ) was an English football player .

Career

Born in West Ham , Essex , McCall was evacuated to Norfolk during World War II , attended King's Lynn Grammar School and began his football career there as a teenager at King's Lynn FC . In October 1952 he came to Bristol City as an amateur , suffered a broken leg on his second assignment for the Colts youth team, as a result, his military service with the 10th Royal Hussars delayed his footballing career. Raised professional in 1955, he finally made his competitive debut for the first team in the Football League Second Division in early April 1958 as a right runner . At the end of the month he won the annual game for the Gloucestershire Senior Professional Cup with City with a 4-1 win over city rivals Bristol Rovers . In the following second division season 1958/59 McCall counted to the regular team and was among other things in November 1958 on the field when the team inflicted the only home defeat of the season to the later second division champions Sheffield Wednesday . In the following seasons his number of appearances decreased increasingly: already in 1959/60, when Bristol City had to relegate to the third division as bottom of the table , he had only made 20 appearances, in the two following third division seasons it was only enough for eleven (1960 / 61) and two (1961/62) league appearances, the position of the right runner was now occupied by Bobby Etheridge . In August 1959, McCall had been one of five professional Bristol players to successfully complete a Football Association coaching course , while 15 other City and Rovers players had failed. In October 1961, he assisted George Ainsley in a training course for 43 youth from the Gloucestershire Football Association's catchment area .

For the 1962/63 season McCall moved for a transfer of £ 1000 in the Fourth Division to Oldham Athletic , where his former Bristol teammate Alan Williams played. In addition to the other newcomers John Bollands , John Colquhoun , Bob Ledger and Colin Whittaker , McCall was one of the guarantors that at the end of his first season as a championship runner-up was promotion to the third division; McCall had not missed any of the 46 league games under coach Jack Rowley and scored four goals. After two more seasons in the Third Division, in which he had come to another 62 league appearances (1 goal), his career in the Football League ended, in his last competitive game he occupied the right half-forward position in one on the last day of the season 1964/65 0-2 defeat at Bristol City. From 1965 to 1967 McCall played for two years in the Southern League at Hereford United , where many other former professional players were active with Ray Daniel , Freddie Jones , Jock Wallace and Ron Burbeck .

McCall kept the center of his life in Bristol and remained connected to Bristol City, in 2018 he was a guest at City's Ashton Gate stadium on the occasion of the 90th birthday of City goalkeeper Con Sullivan . In later years McCall was active as a bowl player, in 1984 he won the National Invitation , from 1984 to 1987 he was part of the national team of England for four years. In 2001 he and his partner took second place at the national indoor championships in the "Over 60" category. McCall passed away at the age of 83 in February 2020, shortly after his wife. He left two sons and a daughter.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ barryhugmansfootballers.com: Profile Peter McCall , accessed June 25, 2020
  2. ↑ Recalled . In: Daily Mirror , November 29, 1960, p. 21.  (paid link)
  3. ^ A b Garth Dykes: The Who's Who of Oldham Athletic . Breedon Books, Derby 2008, ISBN 978-1-85983-635-4 , pp. 135 .
  4. ↑ a b bristolpost.co.uk: Peter McCall obituary: Former Bristol City midfielder dies at age 83 (February 14, 2020) , accessed February 14, 2020
  5. ↑ David Woods: The Bristol Babe: Official History of Bristol City FC Yore Publications, Harefield 1995, ISBN 978-1-874427-95-7 , pp. 64 .
  6. ↑ cf. David Woods: The Bristol Babe: Official History of Bristol City FC Yore Publications, Harefield 1995, ISBN 978-1-874427-95-7 .
  7. ↑ OH, BRISTOL! GET OUT THE DUNCES 'CAPS . In: Daily Herald , August 10, 1959, p. 8.  (link with costs)
  8. ↑ Youth study fine points of soccer . In: The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette , October 13, 1961, p. 2.  (paid link)
  9. ↑ Oldham Signing . In: Coventry Evening Telegraph , May 12, 1962, p. 31.  (paid link)
  10. ^ Garth Dykes: Oldham Athletic: A Complete Record 1899-1988 . Breedon Books, Derby 1988, ISBN 0-907969-36-4 , pp. 20, 362 f .
  11. ↑ 'No Has-beens' . In: Daily Mirror , November 16, 1965, p. 31.  (link subject to charge)
  12. ↑ bcfc.co.uk: Former keeper Sullivan to celebrate 90th birthday (August 17, 2018) , accessed on February 14, 2020
  13. ↑ somersetbowls.org.uk: International and National Honors from 1914-2009 -Somerset County BA , accessed February 14, 2020
  14. ↑ telegraph.co.uk: Bowls: Boston earn fifth title (March 11, 2001) , accessed February 14, 2020
  15. ↑ eiba.co.uk: National Competitions 2000-2001 - PHOTOS , accessed February 14, 2020
personal data
SURNAME McCall, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH West Ham
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 2020