Peter Hart
Personal information
Full name Peter Osborne Hart
Date of birth (1957-08-14) 14 August 1957
Place of birth Mexborough, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1980 Huddersfield Town 210 (7)
1980–1990 Walsall 390 (12)
Total 600 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Osborne Hart (born 14 August 1957) is an English former footballer who played mainly as a defender. He made 600 appearances in the Football League playing for Huddersfield Town and Walsall.[2]

Hart holds the record for the youngest debutant for Huddersfield Town, having made his debut aged 16 years and 229 days against Southend United in 1974.[3] He played for Huddersfield in the final of the 1974 FA Youth Cup, and captained the club to the Fourth Division title in 1980.[3] He then moved to Walsall, helped them reach the semi-final of the 1983–84 Football League Cup, and captained the side to promotion to the Second Division via the play-offs in 1988.[3] The final game at Walsall's Fellows Park ground was Hart's testimonial match against West Bromwich Albion.[4] After retiring from football he was ordained as a minister of the Church of England and became vicar of St Luke's Church in Cannock.[5] In November 2017 he became vicar of St John the Baptist church in Armitage.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 376. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ↑ "Peter Hart". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 "Where Are They Now: Peter Hart". The Football League. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Former Grounds". Walsall F.C. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Football urged to develop "fair trade" ethics". Diocese of Lichfield. 4 June 2006. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Meet the Team". Brereton, Rugeley & Armitage Team Ministry. Retrieved 14 January 2019.


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