George Petchey

Football, Football player

1931 –

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Who is George Petchey?

George W Petchey is an English former footballer who made 400 appearances in the Football League playing for with West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace, playing at wing half.

George Petchey joined West Ham in 1948 and transferred to QPR in 1953. He made his Rangers debut against Brighton in August 1953 and went on to play 255 league games for Rangers scoring 22 goals.

Petchey signed for Crystal Palace on 24 May 1960. Petchey went on to play 143 league games for Palace scoring 12 goals. He retired to become coach at Crystal Palace and later manager at Leyton Orient and Millwall.

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Born
Jun 24, 1931
Nationality
  • England

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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