Peter Osgood (February 20, 1947 - March 1, 2006) played football in the Football League in the 1960s and 1970s. February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Football League logo The Football League (often referred to as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) is a league competition for English football (soccer) clubs (though a few Welsh clubs also take part) containing three divisions (the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

Osgood made 286 appearances for Chelsea F.C., scoring 105 goals. He was one of only 9 players to score in every round of the FA Cup, helping Chelsea to victory in a replay in 1970. In 1971 Osgood was part of the Chelsea team which lifted the European Cup Winners' Cup defeating Real Madrid. In 1972, he scored for Chelsea in the League Cup final but they lost 2-1 to Stoke City. Later he joined Southampton, with whom he won the FA Cup again in 1976 after a famous victory over Manchester United. Towards the end of his career, he also had a brief loan spell at Norwich City. Chelsea Football Club (also known as the Blues, previously known as the Pensioners, a reference to the Chelsea pensioners), founded in 1905, is a Premier League football team that plays at the Stamford Bridge football ground in south-west London. ... The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ... 1970 (MCMLXX in Roman) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic cup competitions. ... Real Madrid is a football club ranked as The 20th Centurys Best Club by FIFA. Their home stadium is the Santiago Bernabéu in Chamartín, Madrid. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Tuesday. ... The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition. ... Stoke City Football Club (known as Stoke Football Club until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England (the other league club in the city being Port Vale F.C.). The club is reputedly the second-oldest football league club in the world, after Notts County F... Southampton Football Club (originally St. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at Old Trafford Football Ground located just outside of the city boundaries of Manchester, Lancashire. ... Norwich City Football Club is a football club based in Norwich, England. ...

He was a member of the 1970 World Cup squad and made 4 international appearances for England. The 1970 Football World Cup was held in Mexico, from May 31 to June 21. ... First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First...

Prior to his death following a heart attack at a family funeral, he was involved in football related media work and was well known on the after dinner speaker circuit.

External links

• Peter's official personal website
• BBC Obituary