Person    | Male  Born 8/11/1943  Died 21/12/2019

Martin Peters

Categories: Sport / Games

Football player and manager.

Martin Stanford Peters was born on 8 November 1943 in Egham Road, Plaistow. He played for several teams, principally West Ham United and went on to manage Sheffield United. As a member of the England team in the 1966 World Cup, he scored one of the winning four goals.

He was awarded an MBE in the 1978 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

It was announced in 2016 that he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and he died, aged 76 years, on 21 December 2019.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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