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Peter
Sillett |
Chelsea FC
3 appearances, 0 goals
P 3 W 0 D
1 L 2 F 2: A 5
17% successful
1955-58
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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Richard Peter Tudor Sillett
note: Tudor is his mothers maiden name |
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Birth |
1 February 1933 in Southampton, Hampshire [registered in
Southampton, March 1933]. |
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According to the 1939
register, the six-year old Richard P.T. is a scholar living at The Lamb
Inn, in Nomansland, Salisbury, where his father, Charles, is the licensed
victualler, along with his mother, Ann (née Tudor), and his younger brother, John C. |
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Marriage |
to Constance S.
Limb
[registered in Southampton, March 1954]. |
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Death |
13 March 1998, aged
65 years 40 days
[registered in Ashford, March 1998]. Died of cancer following a
short illness. |
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Funeral |
March 1998 at
Charing Crematorium |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Southampton FC,
signed for Chelsea FC in 1953 for a £10,000 transfer fee. When Sillett was
capped in May 1955, it cost Chelsea another £1000. |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
Son of Charlie
Sillett (Southampton FC full back 1931-38), brother of John
Sillett (Chelsea FC, Coventry City FC, Plymouth Argyle FC
full-back 1954-68, also managed Coventry City FC FA Cup Final victory in
1987) |
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Height/Weight |
6'
1½", 12st.
7lbs [1955]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One
of two who became the 746th players (746)
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-back |
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First match |
No. 295, 15 May 1955, France 1 England
0, an end-of-season tour match at
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris, aged
22 years
103 days. |
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Last match |
No. 297, 22 May 1955,
Portugal 3 England 1, an end-of-season final tour match at
Estádio do FC Porto,
Avenida Fernão de Magalhães,
Oporto, aged
22 years 110 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1958 |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England B (one appearance, February 1957)
England U23
(three appearancesᶜ, 1955) |
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Distinctions |
The thirteenth
Hampshirian to represent England.
Died sixteen days after Jimmy Hagan. |
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Beyond England |
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x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
unused/
reserve |
minutes |
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captain |
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4 |
3 |
0 |
three |
270 |
0 |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.667 |
1.667 |
16.7 |
-2 |
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all his matches were played at an away venue, were friendly matches,
and played in a white shirt |
Match History
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Club:
Chelsea F.C. - three full appearances (270 min) |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - three full appearances (270 min)x |
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apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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