Peter Hart | |
Fullname: | Peter Osborne Hart |
Birth Date: | 14 August 1957 |
Birth Place: | Mexborough, England |
Height: | 5 ft 11 in[1] |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | Huddersfield Town |
Years1: | 1974–1980 |
Caps1: | 210 |
Goals1: | 7 |
Years2: | 1980–1990 |
Clubs2: | Walsall |
Caps2: | 390 |
Goals2: | 12 |
Totalcaps: | 600 |
Totalgoals: | 19 |
Peter Osborne Hart (born 14 August 1957) is an English former footballer who played mainly as a defender. He made 600 appearances in the Football League playing for Huddersfield Town and Walsall.[2]
Hart holds the record for the youngest debutant for Huddersfield Town, having made his debut aged 16 years and 229 days against Southend United in 1974.[3] He played for Huddersfield in the final of the 1974 FA Youth Cup, and captained the club to the Fourth Division title in 1980.[3] He then moved to Walsall, helped them reach the semi-final of the 1983–84 Football League Cup, and captained the side to promotion to the Second Division via the play-offs in 1988.[3] The final game at Walsall's Fellows Park ground was Hart's testimonial match against West Bromwich Albion.[4] After retiring from football he was ordained as a minister of the Church of England and became vicar of St Luke's Church in Cannock.[5] In November 2017 he became vicar of St John the Baptist church in Armitage.[6]