Peter Swan (footballer, born 1966)

Peter Swan
Personal information
Full name Peter Harold Swan[1]
Date of birth (1966-09-28) 28 September 1966 (age 57)[2]
Place of birth Leeds, England[3]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-half; centre-forward[4]
Youth career
1980–1984 Leeds United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1989 Leeds United 49 (11)
1989–1991 Hull City 80 (24)
1991–1994 Port Vale 111 (6)
1994–1995 Plymouth Argyle 27 (2)
1995–1997 Burnley 49 (7)
1997–1998 Bury 37 (6)
1998–2000 Burnley[N 1] 19 (0)
2000 York City 11 (0)
Total 383[N 1] (56)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Harold Swan (born 28 September 1966) is an English former footballer who played as a defender and centre forward. In a sixteen-year professional career in the English Football League, he scored 62 goals in 445 games.[N 1]

He began his career with local side Leeds United in 1984 before he moved on to Hull City for £200,000 in 1989. Two years later, he transferred to Port Vale for a fee of £300,000. He spent three years with Vale before being sold to Plymouth Argyle for the same price. During his time at Vale Park he was selected in the PFA's Second Division team of the season in 1992–93, before he won promotion out of the division in 1993–94; he also won the TNT Tournament in 1992 and the Football League Trophy in 1993 with the club. However, at Plymouth, he failed to succeed and was transferred to Burnley for £200,000 after just twelve months. In 1997, he signed with Bury for £50,000 before he returned to Burnley as a free transfer signing the following year. In 2000, he joined York City before he retired later in the year.

  1. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 284. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ^ Swan 2008, p. 1
  3. ^ a b "leeds-fans.org.uk: Leeds United Player Profile: Peter Swan". leeds-fans.org.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ^ Swan 2008, p. XVII
  5. ^ Swan 2008, p. 239


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