fullname years death_date death_place clubs birth_place caps goals nationalteam position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
peter hooper 1953 1966 -- ???? -- 1962 1962 -- 1963 1963 -- 1966 13 august 2011 barnstaple , england bristol rovers cardiff city bristol city worcester city teignmouth , england 297 40 54 101 22 14 kenya outside left 1 1951 2 february 1933 peter hooper
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peter hooper

peter hooper -lrb- 2 february 1933 -- 13 august 2011 -rrb- was a professional footballer , who played for bristol rovers , cardiff city and bristol city in the football league .
born in teignmouth , he was an outside left with a thunderous shot , especially from free kicks .
although a proud devonian , hooper made one appearance for the kenyan national team against uganda in 1951 while on national service in the country .
ho first caught the eye of bristol rovers scouts in 1953 while playing for dawlish town and made his football league debut in march 1954 .
between october 1957 and august 1961 he appeared in 163 consecutive matches .
by the time he left to join cardiff city , he had played 297 games for rovers in the old second division -- the equivalent of today 's championship -- scoring 101 goals , thus becoming one of only six players to score more than 100 goals for the club .
after one season with cardiff , he had a spell with bristol city .
when his career was ended in 1966 by a bout of peritonitis he moved to north devon where he played non-league football for barnstaple town .
after retiring from professional football , mr hooper was landlord of the three pigeons in bishops tawton , where he lived , before spending 19 years as a probation assistant in barnstaple .
