Peter Croker
Peter Harry Lewis Croker (21 December 1921 – 7 December 2011) was an English footballer, who played as a full-back in the Football League for Charlton Athletic and Watford and in non-league football for Bromley and Gravesend & Northfleet. Prior to his death, he was the last survivor from Charlton's 1947 FA Cup Final-winning team. He missed the 1946 FA Cup Final through injury. Coaching and administrative career Beginning in 1956, Croker served Charlton Athletic as youth team manager, scout and assistant manager. He also scouted for Blackpool and Sunderland and later became chairman of the South East Counties League. Personal life His great nephew Eric Dier is also a professional footballer. His brother Ted Croker was the Secretary of The Football Association between 1973 and 1989. At the time of his retirement in May 1994, Croker had been working as a solicitor. Peter Croker died two weeks before his 90th birthday. Honours Club Charlton Athletic FA Cup: 1946–47 References 1921 births 2011 deaths English men's footballers Footballers from Kingston upon Thames Men's association football fullbacks Bromley F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Watford F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players English Football League players Brentford F.C. wartime guest players English solicitors Leyland Motors F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. non-playing staff Blackpool F.C. non-playing staff Sunderland A.F.C. non-playing staff English football chairmen and investors 20th-century English lawyers 20th-century English businesspeople