George Petherbridge
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | George Ernest Petherbridge | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 1927 | ||
| Place of birth | Devonport, England | ||
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1945–1962 | Bristol Rovers | 457 | (85) |
| Salisbury | |||
| 1963 | Falmouth Town | 20 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George Ernest Petherbridge (19 May 1927 – 4 March 2013) was a professional footballer, who played for Bristol Rovers for seventeen years, between 1945 and 1962. He played as a winger for the club and made 457 appearances in the Football League,[1] and 496 in all competitions, scoring 85 league and seven cup goals.[2] After ending his professional career with Rovers, he dropped out of the Football League to join Salisbury in 1962 and in 1963 had a short spell with Falmouth Town in the South Western League (20 apps and 9 goals).
Petherbridge Way in Bristol is named after Petherbridge.[2] The road lies midway between Bristol Rovers' former home at Eastville Stadium and their current ground, the Memorial Stadium.
He died on 4 March 2013, at the age of 85.[3]
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