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Peter Shilton was born on September 18, 1949 in Leicester, United Kingdom and is credited as an association football player and association football coach. That puts Peter Shilton at 77 years old in 2026. Awards on record include Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1991). The listed height is 183 cm.
My Take
Peter Shilton's numbers read like a typo: over 1,000 English league games across a 31-year career and 11 clubs, with more than 100 appearances for five of them. I keep returning to that thousand, because goalkeeping is the position where a single mistake defines your whole week. What I admire most is the unglamorous discipline the record implies, decades of positioning, concentration, and self-maintenance renewed at club after club. The OBE he received in 1991 feels almost like an understatement. For me, the man from Leicester is the definitive argument that consistency, not flash, is football's rarest and most valuable talent.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Peter Shilton
- Name (Japanese)
- ピーター・シルトン
- Reading
- ぴーたー・しるとん
- Born
- September 18, 1949 (age 77)
- Origin
- Leicester, United Kingdom
- Height
- 183 cm
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 1991 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
3. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.petershilton.com
- Xhttps://x.com/Peter_Shilton
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Shilton
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q244799
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Peter Shilton born?
Born September 18, 1949 (age 77).
Where is Peter Shilton from?
Peter Shilton is from Leicester, United Kingdom.
What does Peter Shilton do?
Peter Shilton works as association football player, association football coach.
How tall is Peter Shilton?
Peter Shilton is 183 cm.
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