SOCCER PLAYER

Peter McParland

1934 - 2025

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Peter James McParland (25 April 1934 – 4 May 2025) was a Northern Irish footballer who played as an outside left. He was the last surviving member of the Aston Villa team which won the 1957 FA Cup, in which game he scored twice. McParland was the first player to score in and win both English major domestic cup finals. McParland won 34 caps for Northern Ireland, scoring 10 international goals including the winner that sent the team into the World Cup quarter-finals in 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter McParland is the 2,878th most popular soccer player (up from 4,382nd in 2019), the 3,745th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,574th in 2019) and the 177th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Peter McParland ranks 2,878 out of 21,273. Before him are Paul Zielinski, Günter Sawitzki, Hermógenes Fonseca, Jan Diddens, Willibald Kreß, and Marco Antônio. After him are Joaquín, Nando González, Ivan Kolev, Vicente Asensi, John Bosman, and Albert Rust.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Peter McParland ranks 358. Before him are Billy Paul, Jaegwon Kim, Jef Planckaert, Joan Hackett, Marek Hłasko, and Takayuki Kubota. After him are Yuri Vizbor, Héctor De Bourgoing, Shyam Benegal, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Kurt Armbruster, and Shirley Douglas. Among people deceased in 2025, Peter McParland ranks 218. Before him are Johnny Tillotson, Gailard Sartain, Kim Sae-ron, Ruth Buzzi, Alf Clausen, and Léon Krier. After him are Julius Chan, Florence Delay, Bernd Cullmann, Ileana Silai, Fauja Singh, and David Johansen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter McParland ranks 3,746 out of 8,785. Before him are Jonny Greenwood (1971), Thomas Middleton (1580), Arthur Bliss (1891), Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800), Quentin Crisp (1908), and Mary Toft (1703). After him are John Gerard (1545), Ashley Montagu (1905), Ronald Lacey (1935), Osbert Salvin (1835), Davy Jones (1945), and Henri Alleg (1921).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Peter McParland ranks 177. Before him are Jimmy Johnstone (1944), Steve Bloomer (1874), Vic Buckingham (1915), Joe Gomez (1997), Billy McNeill (1940), and Don Revie (1927). After him are Tommy Banks (1929), Ashley Williams (1984), Willie Waddell (1921), Jim Bellamy (1881), Giuseppe Wilson (1945), and Phil Neal (1951).

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