Peter Hindley (19 May 1944 – 1 February 2021), nicknamed 'Tank', was an English

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who played in the

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for

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

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and Peterborough United. He represented England at under-23 level.

Ian Storey-Moore Ian Storey-Moore (born 17 January 1945) is an English former association football forward. He scored over 100 league goals for Nottingham Forest, and earned one cap for England during his time there. In 1972, he moved to Manchester United, but ...

, a fellow Forest team member, is quoted as saying "Peter Hindley was tough as old boots for us. No one messed with him'. His father, Frank Hindley, played League football for Nottingham Forest and Brighton & Hove Albion either side of the Second World War. Peter Hindley finished his playing career at non-league Burton Albion who were then managed by former Forest team mate

. He had two full seasons with Burton, playing in 97 games and scoring once. After he finished playing football, Hindley remained in the

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

area and became a Painter and Decorator. He also owned

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. He died from

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, on 1 February 2021, at the age of 76.

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