Peter Corr
Football, Football player
1923 – 2001
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Who was Peter Corr?
Peter Joseph Corr was an Irish footballer. Corr played as an outside-right for, among others, Everton and Ireland. In 1949 he was a member of the Ireland team that defeated England 2–0 at Goodison Park, becoming the first non-UK team to beat England at home. He was the uncle of Jim, Sharon, Caroline and Andrea Corr who make up the Irish musical group The Corrs. His brother Gerry is their father. After a three-year long battle with Alzheimer's Disease, Corr died in a nursing home in Goosnargh in June 2001, aged 77.
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- Born
- Jun 23, 1923
Dundalk - Nationality
- Republic of Ireland
- Lived in
- Dundalk
- Died
- Jun 1, 2001
Goosnargh
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on July 23, 2013
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