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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.
Overview
Peter Leslie Shilton (born 18 September 1949) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Shilton's 31-year career included spells at 11 clubs and he has the unique distinction of playing over 1,000 English league games, including in excess of 100 for five clubs.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
- Origin
- Leicester, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1991 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.