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Peter Shilton
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Person

Peter Shilton

b. 1949

English footballer (born 1949)

Born
18 Sept 1949 · Leicester

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 89 years
  1. 18 Sept 1949BornBorn in Leicester
  2. 1966 – 1974TeamLeicester City F.C.
  3. 1968 – 1972TeamEngland national under-21 association football team
  4. 1970 – 1990TeamEngland men's national association football team
  5. 1974 – 1977TeamStoke City F.C.
  6. 1977 – 1982TeamNottingham Forest F.C.
  7. 1982Took part1982 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1982 – 1987TeamSouthampton F.C.
  9. 1986Took part1986 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1987 – 1992TeamDerby County F.C.
  11. 1990Took part1990 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1991AwardOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
  13. 1992 – 1995TeamPlymouth Argyle F.C.
  14. 1995TeamBolton Wanderers F.C.
  15. 1995 – 1996TeamCoventry City F.C.
  16. 1995TeamWimbledon F.C.
  17. 1996 – 1997TeamLeyton Orient F.C.
  18. 1996TeamWest Ham United F.C.

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1949 – today).

  1. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  3. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  4. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  6. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  7. 1956Suez Crisis
  8. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  10. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  12. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  14. 1968Prague Spring
  15. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  16. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  17. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  18. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  20. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  21. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  22. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  23. 1985Schengen Agreement
  24. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  25. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  26. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  27. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  29. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  30. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  31. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  32. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  33. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  34. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  35. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  36. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  37. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  38. 20112011 Norway attacks
  39. 2011Libyan civil war
  40. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war

Biography

Peter Leslie Shilton (born 18 September 1949) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Shilton's 31-year career included spells at 11 clubs and he has the unique distinction of playing over 1,000 English league games, including in excess of 100 for five clubs. During his time at Nottingham Forest, he won many honours, including two European Cups, a European Super Cup, the First Division championship, and the Football League Cup.

Shilton represented England at the FIFA World Cup in 1982, 1986 (where Diego Maradona scored two infamous goals against him) and 1990, and the UEFA European Championship in 1980 and 1988. Despite not making his World Cup finals debut until the age of 32, Shilton played in 17 finals matches, and shares the record of 10 clean sheets in World Cup finals matches with French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez.

Shilton holds the record for matches played in the English Football League and the Football League Cup and held the all-time record for the most competitive appearances in world football (1,387) until 2025. With 125 caps, he is England's joint most-capped male player with Harry Kane. The IFFHS ranked Shilton among the top ten goalkeepers of the 20th century in 2000.

Text from the Wikipedia article Peter Shilton, CC BY-SA 4.0

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