Peter Corr
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Joseph Corr | ||
| Date of birth | 23 June 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundalk, County Louth, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 1 June 2001 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Goosnargh, Lancashire, England | ||
| Position(s) | Outside-Right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939–1947 | Dundalk | 22 | (0) |
| 1947–1948 | Preston N.E. | 3 | (0) |
| 1948–1949 | Everton | 24 | (2) |
| 1949–1952 | Bangor City | ||
| 1952–1953 | Wigan Athletic | 34 | (11) |
| International career | |||
| 1949 |
Ireland | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Peter Joseph Corr (23 June 1923 – 1 June 2001) was an Irish
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.
Playing career
Club career
Corr, who played
Irish internationals Peter Farrell, Tommy Eglington and Alex Stevenson, and future Everton manager Harry Catterick. After leaving Everton, Corr went on to play for Bangor City and Wigan Athletic. During the 1952–53 season he played 34 games and scored 11 goals for Wigan in the Lancashire Combination
. He was instrumental in Wigan winning the Combination and three cups during that season.
Irish international
While playing for
Sweden
.
Later years
After retiring as a player, Corr settled in Preston where he opened a newsagent in Water Lane with fellow former Preston N.E. player Frank O'Farrell, later to become manager at Manchester United. He then opened Corr's Hardware Shop on Sharoe Green Lane with his wife, Doreen Melling, whom he had married in 1947. They had four children: two sons, Peter Jr. and Francis, and two daughters, Susan and Patricia. Peter Corr worked as a scout for Everton and in 1967 helped persuade Howard Kendall to move from Preston N.E. to Everton.
Honours
Wigan Athletic
- Lancashire Combination: 1
- 1952–53
- Lancashire Combination Cup: 1
- 1952–53
- Lancashire Junior Cup: 1
- 1952–53
- Makerfield Cup
- 1952–53
Sources
- Who's Who of Everton (2004): Tony Matthews [1]
External links
- Peter Corr at Post War Football League Database
- Ireland Stats
- Obituary in Lancashire Evening Post
- Wigan Athletic fansite