Peter Scarff

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Peter Scarff
Personnel
birthday March 29, 1908
place of birth Linwood ,  Scotland
date of death December 9, 1933
Place of death Linwood ,  Scotland
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Linwood St. Conval's
1928-1933 Celtic Glasgow 97 (51)
→ Maryhill Hibs (loan)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1931 Scotland 1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Peter Scarff (born March 29, 1908 in Linwood , † December 9, 1933 ibid) was a Scottish football player .

Career

Peter Scarff was born in Linwood , 14 miles southwest of Glasgow , in 1908 . He first played at Linwood St. Conval's before he signed a contract with Celtic Glasgow on August 27, 1928 and was then given to Maryhill Hibs for some time. He made his debut for the club on January 19, 1929 in a 5-1 victory over Arthurlie FC in the first round of the Scottish Cup . In 1931 he won the cup with Celtic in the final against FC Motherwell . In September 1930 he won as a left winger with a selection of Glasgow against a city selection of Sheffield 4-1. In February 1931 Scarff completed an international match for Scotland against Northern Ireland in Belfast. After a game against Leith Athletic in December 1931, Scarff had to struggle with coughing up blood , so he was immediately admitted to the sanatorium of Bridge of Weir . Despite hopes of recovery, a return to the football field was ruled out in May 1933. On December 9, 1933 Scarff died at the age of 25 years to tuberculosis .

successes

with Celtic Glasgow:

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Celtic Graves Society tribute to Peter Scarff this Saturday. celticfc.net, accessed on October 14, 2016 .
  2. ^ Eugene MacBride, Martin O'Connor, George Sheridan: An Alphabet of the Celts - A Complete Who's Who of Celtic FC ACL & Polar Publishing Ltd., Leicester 1994, ISBN 0-9514862-7-6 , pp. 394 f .
  3. ↑ GLASGOW TOO GOOD FOR SHEFFIELD . In: Dundee Courier , 23 September 1930, p. 9.  (link subject to charge)
  4. ↑ Northern Ireland 0-0 Scotland. Scottish FA, accessed October 14, 2016 .
  5. ↑ FOOTBALL . In: Kirkintilloch Herald , May 24, 1933, p. 3.  (link subject to charge)

Web links

  • Peter Scarff in the database of thecelticwiki.com (English)
  • Peter Scarff in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
personal data
SURNAME Scarff, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Linwood (Scotland) , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1933
Place of death Linwood (Scotland) , Scotland