Brian Peterson is a South African former professional footballer

Football (soccer)

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. He spent six years at Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

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 in the 1950s and 1960s, making over 100 Football League appearances for the club. He played as a forward.Also Another Brian Peterson is also a member of the Chicago symphony orchestra, in Chicago Illinois

Playing career

Peterson signed for Joe Smith's Blackpool from South African club Berea Park in 1956. He made his debut for the club late in the 1956–57 season, in single-goal victory over Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

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 at Bloomfield Road

Bloomfield Road

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 on 13 April. He went on to make four further league appearances before the end of the campaign.

The following season, 1957–58, Peterson made 25 league appearances and scored four goals, including two in a 5–1 win against Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

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 at Bloomfield Road on Christmas Day. His other two goals also came in victories. He also made his debut in the FA Cup

FA Cup

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, in Blackpool's third-round exit at West Ham

West Ham United F.C.

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 on 5 January.

In the summer of 1958, Joe Smith retired after 23 years as Blackpool manager. He was succeeded by former Seasiders player Ron Suart

Ron Suart

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. Under Suart in the 1958–59 season, Peterson made thirteen league appearances, scoring once.

He made eighteen league appearances in 1959–60, scoring twice.

Sixteen league appearances followed in 1960–61, along with two more goals. He also made one appearance in the new League Cup

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 competition, at Leeds United in a second-round replay.

Peterson appeared in over half of Blackpool's 52 league and cup games of 1961–62, his final season with the club. He scored seven league goals in 24 appearances. He also played his part in Blackpool's run to the semi-finals of the League Cup, making four appearances and scoring one goal in the competition. Indeed, his final appearance for the club was in the first semi-final tie, the game in which he scored, at Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

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on 11 April.

After leaving Blackpool, Peterson returned to South Africa to play for Durban United and Durban City.