Peter Mellor was born on 20 November 1947 and is an American former professional footballer whose playing career as a goalkeeper spanned three decades.
17 Facts About Peter Mellor
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Peter Mellor played 17 years in the top three tiers of English professional football with Burnley, Fulham, Hereford United and Portsmouth.
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Peter Mellor's playing career spanned three decades; he played more than 800 league and cup matches over 17 years in the top three tiers of English professional football with Burnley, Fulham, Hereford United, and Portsmouth.
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Peter Mellor served as the English U-23 National Team goalkeeper from 1969 to 1970.
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Peter Mellor won an England Youth cap whilst with his first club Witton Albion in the Cheshire County League.
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Tall, fair haired and ever-smiling Peter Mellor was spotted by Burnley in 1969, and quickly became their regular keeper, playing for them from 1969 to 1972.
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At Fulham, teammate Alan Mullery noted that he thought Peter Mellor had literally broken every finger on both hands.
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Peter Mellor was to make over 220 appearances for Fulham in all competitions over six seasons from 1972 to 1977, including perhaps most memorably an appearance in the 1975 FA Cup Final, during which he was unfortunate enough to be deemed at fault for West Ham's two goals, both scored by Alan Taylor.
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Peter Mellor ended his playing career in Canada, retiring in January 1983.
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Peter Mellor became a staff coach with the United States Soccer Federation from 1992 onward, training the goalies.
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Peter Mellor designed and wrote the curriculum for the first US Soccer National Goalkeeping License for coaches.
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Peter Mellor served as national staff coach and goalkeeping instructor for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America for 15 years.
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Peter Mellor served as the goalkeeper coach for the Tampa Bay Mutiny of Major League Soccer, beginning in 1996.
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Peter Mellor was a goalkeeper coach at the 2000 Summer Olympics with Team USA, which came in fourth.
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In 2005 through 2007, Peter Mellor served as the assistant coach for the expansion club Real Salt Lake of MLS's Western Conference, managing the goalkeepers and reserve squad.
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Peter Mellor's inspiration was beach soccer, that he saw in Brazil.
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In 2016, Peter Mellor was the Major Beach Soccer President, and 53 teams competed at the Major Beach Soccer National Championship.