| 词条 | Peter Sanders (sportsman) |
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|name=Peter Sanders | fullname = Peter Charles William Sanders | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1942|9|7}} | birth_place = Newport, Wales | position = Centre forward | youthyears1 = 1958–1959 | youthclubs1 = Newport County | years1 = 1959–1961 | years2 = 1961–1962 | years3 = 1962–? | clubs1 = Newport County | clubs2 = Gillingham | clubs3 = Prescot Cables | caps1 = 3 | caps2 = 2 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 0 }} Peter Charles William Sanders (born 7 September 1942) is a Welsh former association football and rugby union player. He played professional association football for Newport County and Gillingham before switching to rugby union and playing for Newport and Cross Keys. Sporting careerAssociation footballSanders was born in Newport and began his career playing association football as a centre forward for local team Newport County, one of the four Welsh clubs then playing in England's Football League. After a year as an amateur, he turned professional with the club in October 1959, soon after his 17th birthday. He went on to make three appearances for the "Ironsides" in the Football League Third Division,[1] and was also selected for the Wales national youth team.[2] In July 1961 he left Newport to join Gillingham of the Fourth Division.[2] He spent one season with the Kent-based club but was only selected to play for the first team twice. In July 1962 he dropped out of professional football and joined Prescot Cables of the Lancashire Combination.[2] Rugby unionSanders later returned to his native Wales and played rugby union for his hometown club, Newport, as well as for Cross Keys.[2] BaseballAfter retiring from playing sport, Sanders became involved with promoting sport in the Pillgwenlly area of Newport. For 40 years he has run the local baseball club, St Michael's, serving variously as chairman, secretary and coach, and in 2007 won a "Services to Sport" award from the South Wales Argus for his work with the club.[3][4] Personal lifeSanders' son, Alan Sanders, also became a professional footballer, playing for Cardiff City in the early 1980s.[2] References1. ^{{cite book | first=Barry J.|last= Hugman | title=Canon League Football Players' Records 1946-1984| publisher=Newnes Books | year=1984| isbn=0-600-37318-5|page=421}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Peter}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001| isbn=0-7524-2243-X|page=284}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/1257595.gb_boxer_mo_lands_the_top_award/|title=GB boxer Mo lands the top award|work=South Wales Argus|date=14 March 2007|accessdate=26 October 2009}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.welshsports.org.uk/files/208.pdf|title=Sports Administrator of the Year Award|publisher=Welsh Sports Association|accessdate=26 October 2009|format=PDF}} 12 : 1942 births|Welsh footballers|Newport County A.F.C. players|Gillingham F.C. players|Welsh rugby union players|Cross Keys RFC players|Newport RFC players|Rugby union players from Newport, Wales|Footballers from Newport, Wales|Living people|Prescot Cables F.C. players|Association footballers not categorized by position |
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