Peter Proudfoot

Peter Proudfoot

Personal information
Full name	Peter Proudfoot
Date of birth	(1882-11-25)25 November 1882
Place of birth	Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death	Wishaw, Scotland
Position(s)	Half back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Wishaw
–	Wishaw United
1900–1903	Lincoln City	79	(20)
1903–1904	St Mirren
1904–1905	Millwall
1905–1906	Clapton Orient	26	(0)
1906–1907	Chelsea	12	(0)
1907–1908	Manchester United	0	(0)
1908–1909	Stockport County	34	(1)
1909–1910	Morton
1910–1913	Stockport County	11	(0)
Managerial career
1922–1929	Clapton Orient
1930–1931	Clapton Orient
1935–1939	Clapton Orient
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Proudfoot (25 November 1882 – 4 March 1941) was a Scottish footballer who scored 21 goals in 162 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City, Clapton Orient, Chelsea and Stockport County. He played at inside right, centre half or right half. He also played in the Southern League for Millwall and for Scottish Football League clubs St Mirren and Morton. When he signed for Millwall in 1904, the Daily Express described him as "a big strapping fellow with a fine knowledge of the game". He was the first player to be transferred directly from Chelsea to Manchester United.

Proudfoot was manager of Clapton Orient in three spells covering much of the 1920s and 1930s. In 1928, the Football Association suspended him from football for six months for financial irregularities.