Peter Bullock (footballer)

Peter Leonard Bullock (born 17 November 1941) is an English former footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 53 goals in 199 appearances in the Football League playing for Stoke City, Birmingham City, Southend United, Colchester United, Exeter City and Walsall.[1][2]

Peter Bullock

Personal information
Full name	Peter Leonard Bullock[1]
Date of birth	17 November 1941[1]
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Position(s)	Inside forward
Youth career
1957–1958	Stoke City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1962	Stoke City	44	(13)
1962–1965	Birmingham City	27	(3)
1965	Southend United	12	(2)
1965–1968	Colchester United	95	(33)
1968	Exeter City	14	(2)
1968	Stafford Rangers
1968–1969	Walsall	7	(0)
Total		199	(53)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Bullock was born in Stoke-on-Trent and began his career with Stoke City.[1] He made his debut for Stoke in a 4–1 defeat away at Swansea Town on 19 April 1958 at the age of 16 years and 163 days becoming the club's youngest player, he also scored Stoke's goal thus becoming youngest goalscorer.[1] He scored five goals in 13 appearances in 1958–59 but injury kept him out of the entire 1959–60 season.[1] He returned to the side in 1960–61 under new manager Tony Waddington playing in 19 matches scoring five goals.[1] He scored five goals again in 1961–62 and was sold to First Division Birmingham City for a fee of £10,000.[1] He was never able to live up to his potential at Birmingham and after making 28 appearances in four years he left for Southend United.

Bullock did not stay long at Roots Hall quickly moving to local rivals Colchester United with whom he gained promotion from the Fourth Division in 1965–66. He scored 15 goals in 1966–67 as the "U's" finished in 13th position, but relegation was suffered in 1967–68 and Bullock joined Exeter City in August 1968. He spent just three months at Exeter before returning to Staffordshire and played for non-league Stafford Rangers. He made a short return to professional football playing seven matches for Walsall before retiring.

Personal life

Bullock comes from a footballing family. His elder brother Brian was an amateur with West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City, and younger brother Mickey had a long playing career before going into management. His son Simon played for Halifax Town while Mickey Bullock was manager there.[3]

Career statistics

Source:[4]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	1957–58	Second Division	3	1	0	0	–		3	1
	1958–59	Second Division	13	5	0	0	–		13	5
	1959–60	Second Division	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	1960–61	Second Division	17	5	0	0	0	0	17	5
	1961–62	Second Division	11	2	2	1	2	2	15	5
	Total		44	13	2	1	2	2	48	16
Birmingham City	1961–62	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1962–63	First Division	14	2	0	0	1	1	15	3
	1963–64	First Division	11	1	0	0	0	0	11	1
	1964–65	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		27	3	0	0	1	1	28	4
Southend United	1964–65	Third Division	8	2	0	0	0	0	8	2
	1965–66	Third Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		12	2	0	0	0	0	12	2
Colchester United	1965–66	Fourth Division	34	11	2	0	0	0	36	11
	1966–67	Third Division	41	15	1	0	1	0	43	15
	1967–68	Third Division	20	7	2	0	1	0	23	7
	Total		95	33	3	0	2	0	100	33
Exeter City	1968–69	Fourth Division	14	2	0	0	5	1	19	3
	Total		14	2	0	0	5	1	19	3
Walsall	1968–69	Third Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Career Total			199	53	7	1	10	4	216	58

References

1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
2. "Peter Bullock". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
3. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
4. Peter Bullock at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External links

• Peter Bullock at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database