Full name Peter Durber Years Team Height 1.73 m Playing position Died 1873 | Date of death 1963 (aged 90) Role Footballer Date of birth 1873 Name Peter Durber Position Defender | |
Place of birth Stoke-upon-Trent, England | ||
Peter Durber (1873–1963) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop North End and Stoke. He played in the Southern League for Southampton with whom he played in the 1900 FA Cup Final, beating three First division clubs along the way.
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Football career
Durber was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played for Audley Town before joining Stoke in 1896. He played in two season under Horace Austerberry before leaving for Southampton in 1898. Durber was a defender who was part of Southampton's 1899 Southern League Championship winning team, and a finalist in the 1900 F.A. Cup final when the Saints were beaten 4–0 by Bury at the Crystal Palace. In May 2010, it was announced that his 1900 FA Cup runners-up medal and 1899 Southern League championship medal were to be sold at auction. The FA Cup Final medal was sold for £2,400.
He returned to Stoke in August 1900 and played 35 times in the 1900–01 season. He them spent a season with Glossop North End before enjoying a six-year spell at Northampton Town.