Peter Short (footballer)

Peter Short

Personal information
Date of birth	27 October 1944
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death	22 February 1984 (aged 39)[1]
Place of death	Los Angeles, California, U.S.A
Playing position	Defender, Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1967	Philadelphia Spartans	12	(4)
1968	Cleveland Stokers	24	(0)
1969	Dallas Tornado	16	(6)
1970–1973	Rochester Lancers	75	(6)
1974	Dallas Tornado	8	(0)
1975	Denver Dynamos	19	(3)
1975	Vancouver Whitecaps	1	(0)
1976	Dallas Tornado (indoor)
1976–1977	Minnesota Kicks	19	(1)
Total		174	(20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Peter Short (27 October 1944 - 22 February 1984) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender and a forward. Active in the United States and Canada, Short made over 150 appearances in a career lasting 11 seasons.

Career

Born in Liverpool, Short played professionally in the United States and Canada for the Philadelphia Spartans, the Cleveland Stokers, the Dallas Tornado, the Rochester Lancers, the Denver Dynamos, the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Minnesota Kicks.^[2]

Short was shot in the chest and killed during an attempted robbery at his cloth cutting business near the Coliseum in Los Angeles in 1984.^[1]

Awards and honors

On December 27, 2014, the Rochester Lancers of the Major Arena Soccer League will induct Short into the Rochester Lancers Wall of Fame as one of Rochester's "soccer pioneers". Short played for the original Rochester Lancers of the North American Soccer League.^[3]

References

1. Lewis, Michael (20 January 2015). "The Forgotten Story of ... Peter Short, US soccer's original English import". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
2. "Profile". NASL Jerseys.
3. DiVeronica, Jeff (December 11, 2014). "Sarachan, Funke, Durante, Short to be inducted to Lancers Wall of Fame". Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY: Gannett). Retrieved December 11, 2014.