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Peter Leslie Shilton, OBE, was born in 1948 in Leister, England. His professional debut occurred for Leister City in 1966. He was a model of consistency, endurance, and patience. He played 1005 games in a stellar career that lasted three decades.

An Anomaly of Modern Football

He played for almost thirty years with five different first division professional teams. Most of his club-side fame and honors came with Nottingham Forest, where he won the European Cup twice in successive years, along with the English First Division (the precursor to the EPL) once. He made his England debut at the age of 22, although had to wait 10 years before his first appearance at the World Cup. He.proceeded to play in more international games than any goalkeeper in world football history.


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