Peter Broadbent (footballer)
Peter Frank Broadbent ( born May 15, 1933, Elvington, Kent; † October 1, 2013 in Himley, Staffordshire ) was an English footballer. The mostly used as an attacking midfielder or right inside forward of the World Cup of 1958, denied almost 500 appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers and won 1954-1960 three English titles and a FA Cup.
Life
Sports career
Peter Broadbent was born in Elvington, a small village between Canterbury and Dover, and learned to play football in school sports before he played with Dover Athletic in the Southern League. Quick noticed that a special talent in the " Südliga " matured and aged only 17 years, the second division Brentford FC signed him in May 1950. Right away the newcomer made a breakthrough in stem formation, so that several prominent first division expressed their interest. In addition to Newcastle United were also among the Wolverhampton Wanderers and both the persuasion of Stan Cullis as well as the transfer of £ 10,000 to the London club made sure that Broadbent in February 1951 after 16 missions in the Second Division to the " Wolves " in English Elite class changed.
Just a few days after his arrival he made his debut in the reserve team. Quickly Broadbent recommended for the first team. His start celebrating the newcomer on March 17, 1951 as the 2:3 home defeat against FC Portsmouth and the rest of the season, he helped out at various positions. He also scored his first goal, although the local rivals West Bromwich Albion 3-2 to keep the upper hand on 21 April 1951. Following a joint summer tour of South Africa Broadbent spent the rest of the year in the backup crew, before being promoted back into the first team just before the turn of the year. The team's results were however more to be desired and after the 14th rank in 1952 landed the team even ranked only 16th
Only in the season 1952/53, managed the club the turn and together with Broadbent, the reach five goals in 25 league operations, the team increased sharply to third. The team had now come together and especially with an offensive that was stocked alongside Broadbent with the attackers Roy Swinbourne and Dennis Wilshaw, as well as on the wings with Johnny Hancocks and Jimmy Mullen, stormed the Wolves 1954 winning their first English championship. Broadbent, who mostly as a right inside forward the threads pulled in the central- midfield, had a high willingness to run and had made a name for centimeter-level passes, contributed twelve of the 96 matches. In the two subsequent years Broadbent solidified his place and to the profit of a runner and a third in the league he was a first game in the English B- selection - in 1954 he had been in the domestic U-23 selection. The international debut for the English national team, he celebrated in 1958 at the World Championships in Sweden on the occasion of the decision game in the group stage against the Soviet Union, with a disappointing 0-1 - ended - and thus the premature Turnieraus. Just two months earlier, he had been run with the Wolves his second English championship and from the former tech-savvy talent a central service provider and scorer of the team had become ( 17 goals in the season 1957/58 were in favor of a document).
With continued excellence in the season 1958/59 Broadbent had reached the sporting highlight, located in the third championship trophy ( he even scored again 20 results) and five appearances for England between October 1958 and May 1959 expressed. In the club's history, he always wore a fact that he scored the first goal in European competition for the Wolves, although the team's 04 retired after the 2-2 draw in the first leg against FC Schalke due to the following 1:2 away defeat. Jumped out with a narrowly missing out on "Double" in 1960, at the end of the season behind the Burnley FC Although only the runner-up, but against Blackburn Rovers won a cup final (3-0), went to meet Broadbent's " big time " to the end. Although he remained a regular player of his team, but was now often in the lower half of the table again. When it became clear the relegation to the second division for the Wolves in the season 1964/65, Broadbent left in January 1965 his longtime club after 145 goals in 497 official matches.
Beyond the top football Broadbent acted in the third division for Shrewsbury Town and moved to Aston Villa in 1966, which was also only second-rate after Erstligaabstieg 1967. Last stations were Stockport County and the amateur club Bromsgrove Rovers before the late thirties in 1971 his retirement from active competition announced.
After the active career
Broadbent, an avid golfer, opened after football career in Halesowen a shop for baby clothing and last lived northwest of Wolverhampton Codsall, a village.
Achievements
- English Champion: 1954, 1958, 1959
- English Cup Winners: 1960