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Peter Bonetti

1941 - 2020

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Peter Philip Bonetti (27 September 1941 – 12 April 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Chelsea, the St. Louis Stars, Dundee United and England. He was known for his safe handling, lightning reflexes and his graceful style, for which he was given the nickname "The Cat". He was one of several goalkeepers (Gordon West of Everton was another) who specialised in a one-armed throw which could achieve a similar distance to a drop kick. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Bonetti is the 2,785th most popular soccer player (down from 2,554th in 2019), the 3,684th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,337th in 2019) and the 170th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Peter Bonetti ranks 2,785 out of 21,273Before him are Jorge Fossati, Masaaki Mori, Mokhtar Dahari, Akgün Kaçmaz, Rudolf Wetzer, and Bruno Mora. After him are Amedeo Carboni, Jimmy Johnstone, Simon Tahamata, Luigi Radice, Christian Gourcuff, and Steve Bloomer.

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Among people born in 1941, Peter Bonetti ranks 399Before him are Zlatko Škorić, Gérard Corbiau, Wilfrid Napier, Markus Lüpertz, Christoph Höhne, and Alf Clausen. After him are Ole Ritter, Francisco Jara, Kazuo Imanishi, John Steel, Laisenia Qarase, and Paddy Ashdown. Among people deceased in 2020, Peter Bonetti ranks 431Before him are Luis Eduardo Aute, Billy Evans, Germà Colón, Goyo Benito, Luciano Federici, and Emilio Caprile. After him are Inna Makarova, Tom Belsø, Nate Brooks, Vaughan Jones, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, and Ulla Pia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Bonetti ranks 3,685 out of 8,785Before him are John Abbot (1751), Dorothea Bate (1878), Lachlan Macquarie (1762), John Houlding (1833), Vincent Nichols (1945), and Una Stubbs (1937). After him are Steve Davis (1957), Jimmy Johnstone (1944), Harry Melling (1989), Steve Bloomer (1874), Henry Macintosh (1892), and Jason Bonham (1966).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Peter Bonetti ranks 170Before him are Jimmy Ross (1866), Ramón Zabalo (1910), Ron Atkinson (1939), Nat Lofthouse (1925), Phil Brown (1959), and Billy Bremner (1942). After him are Jimmy Johnstone (1944), Steve Bloomer (1874), Vic Buckingham (1915), Joe Gomez (1997), Billy McNeill (1940), and Don Revie (1927).