Peter Proudfoot | |
Birth Date: | 28 October 1879[1] |
Birth Place: | Innerleithen, Scotland[2] |
Death Date: | [3] |
Death Place: | Wishaw, Scotland[4] |
Position: | Half back |
Youthyears1: | – |
Years1: | – |
Years2: | – |
Clubs2: | Wishaw United |
Years3: | 1900–1903 |
Caps3: | 79 |
Goals3: | 20 |
Years4: | 1903 |
Caps4: | 2 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1904 |
Clubs5: | Albion Rovers |
Caps5: | 2 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1904–1905 |
Years7: | 1905–1906 |
Caps7: | 26 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 1906–1907 |
Caps8: | 12 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 1907–1908 |
Caps9: | 0 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Years10: | 1908–1913 |
Caps10: | 45 |
Goals10: | 1 |
Years11: | 1910 |
Clubs11: | → Morton (loan) |
Caps11: | 1 |
Goals11: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1922–1929 |
Managerclubs1: | Clapton Orient |
Manageryears2: | 1930–1931 |
Managerclubs2: | Clapton Orient |
Manageryears3: | 1935–1939 |
Managerclubs3: | Clapton Orient |
Peter Proudfoot (28 October 1879 – 4 March 1941)[5] was a Scottish footballer who scored 21 goals in 162 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City, Clapton Orient, Chelsea[6] and Stockport County. He played at inside right, centre half or right half.[7] He also played in the Southern League for Millwall[8] and briefly for Scottish Football League clubs St Mirren, Albion Rovers and Morton.[7] [9] When he signed for Millwall in 1904, the Daily Express described him as "a big strapping fellow with a fine knowledge of the game".[10] He was the first player to be transferred directly from Chelsea to Manchester United.[11]
Proudfoot was manager of Clapton Orient in three spells covering much of the 1920s and 1930s.[12] In 1928, the Football Association suspended him from football for six months for financial irregularities.[13]
Proudfoot served in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry and Royal Scots Fusiliers and as a lieutenant in the Labour Corps during the First World War.[14] He was mentioned in despatches on 16 January 1918.