Peter Proudfoot (28 October 1879 – 4 March 1941) was a Scottish

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who scored 21 goals in 162 appearances in

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playing for Lincoln City,

Clapton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profess ...

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and

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club are a professional football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they were renamed Stockport Co ...

. He played at

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or right half. He also played in the Southern League for

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and briefly for Scottish Football League clubs St Mirren, Albion Rovers and

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. When he signed for Millwall in 1904, the '' Daily Express'' described him as "a big strapping fellow with a fine knowledge of the game". He was the first player to be transferred directly from Chelsea to Manchester United. Proudfoot was manager of

in three spells covering much of the 1920s and 1930s. In 1928,

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suspended him from football for six months for financial irregularities.

Personal life

Proudfoot served in the

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and Royal Scots Fusiliers and as a

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in the Labour Corps during the

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. He was mentioned in despatches on 16 January 1918.

References

1879 births 1941 deaths Sportspeople from Wishaw Scottish footballers Association football wing halves Lincoln City F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Wishaw F.C. players Albion Rovers F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Chelsea F.C. players Manchester United F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players Scottish football managers Leyton Orient F.C. managers British Army personnel of World War I Lanarkshire Yeomanry soldiers Royal Scots Fusiliers soldiers Royal Pioneer Corps officers Footballers from North Lanarkshire {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1880s-stub