Peter Sillett
| Peter Sillett | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Richard Peter Sillett | |
| birthday | February 1, 1933 | |
| place of birth | Southampton , England | |
| date of death | March 14, 1998 | |
| Place of death | Ashford , England | |
| size | 188 cm | |
| position | Defender (right) | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1950-1953 | Southampton FC | 59 (4) |
| 1953-1962 | Chelsea FC | 260 (29) |
| Guildford City | ||
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1955 | England U-23 | 3 (0) |
| 1955 | England | 3 (0) |
| 1957 | England B | 1 (0) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| Ashford Town | ||
| Folkestone Town | ||
| Hastings United | ||
| Hastings Town | ||
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Richard Peter Sillett (born February 1, 1933 in Southampton , † March 14, 1998 in Ashford ) was an English football player . The tall defender, who was mostly to be found on the right side of the defense, won the English championship with Chelsea in 1955 and was part of the English squad for the 1958 World Cup in Sweden , without having played there.
Athletic career
Peter Sillett came from a soccer family. His father Charlie , who was killed in the final stages of World War II, had been the captain of Southampton FC and his brother John , who was more than three years his junior, was to be his team-mate at Chelsea in the mid-1950s . The professional career of Peter Sillett himself began in June 1950 with the second division team from Southampton and in the course of the 1951/52 season, the tall defender conquered a regular place there. During the following season 1952/53 he was already one of the key players and after the team was relegated to the third division , the "Saints" decided for financial reasons to transfer their 20-year-old talent to Chelsea for £ 12,000.
Chelsea coach was Ted Drake , who had played with Sillett's father in Southampton. During the first year the newcomer was initially only used in a dozen league games, but in the middle of the following 1954/55 season he gradually gained a regular place. He was mostly to be found on the right side of defense, but was given a certain flexibility in terms of his applicability. In a team with Roy Bentley and the later national coach Ron Greenwood , he won the English championship in 1955 . The game against the main competitor Wolverhampton Wanderers on April 9, 1955, when he converted a penalty 15 minutes before the end to the 1-0 final result was particularly remembered. The five previous misses by John Harris and Roy Bentley were decisive for his promotion to penalty shooter - he kept the role from now on . His international debut for England was less fortunate the following month against France when he was again involved in a penalty in Paris. In this case, however, he was responsible for the penalty that led to the only goal and thus to defeat. Regardless of this, he completed two more (and final) internationals against Spain (1: 1) and Portugal (1: 3) in the following days . It was not enough for further ambitions in the English selection because his style of play was considered a bit too slow and slow for international standards. For the 1958 World Cup in Sweden he was later nominated again in the squad , but in none of the four games he was used there.
Until the end of the 1960/61 season, Sillett remained with the exception of an injury-related break at the beginning of the 1956/57 season (as a result of knee surgery) a fixture in Chelsea's first team and in addition to his defensive skills, he fell through hard and precise shots in free kicks on. His long-range goal in September 1959 from more than 35 meters against Manchester United was particularly spectacular. When rebuilding the team, Sillett was just one of the few players Drake continued to trust after winning the championship. Sillett played a key role in the development of a new generation, including his later successor, Ken Shellito , and in 1959 he succeeded Derek Saunders as captain. The third game of the 1961-62 season finally marked the end of his Chelsea stint when he broke his leg. Although he was able to recover by the end of the round, it was obvious that Drake's successor, Tommy Docherty, no longer counted on him after relegation in 1962 .
Although only 29 years old, Sillett decided to reject the present offers from other professional clubs and instead to end his career at the amateur club Guildford City . There he took on his first tasks in the coaching business and on the way from player to head coach in the non-league area later Ashford Town , Folkestone Town , Hastings United and Hastings Town were among the employers. At the age of 65, Sillett died in March 1998 of complications from cancer.
Title / Awards
- English Championship (1): 1955
- Charity Shield (1): 1955
literature
- Lovering, Peter: Chelsea Player by Player . Hamlyn, London 1998, ISBN 0-600-59497-1 , pp. 10 .
- Hayes, Dean P .: England! England! The Complete Who's Who of Players since 1946 . Sutton Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7509-3234-1 , pp. 91 .
Web links
- Obituary in The Independent
- Peter Sillett as England international
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League AZ Player's Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Different online sources give March 12 or 13, 1998 as the date of death.
- ^ "England - U-23 International Results- Details" (RSSSF)
- ^ "England - International Results B-Team - Details" (RSSSF)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sillett, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sillett, Richard Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Southampton |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1998 |
| Place of death | Ashford |