Peter Bircumshaw (29 August 1938 – June 2017) was a

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who played as a

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for

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and

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in EFL League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton ...

. Bircumshaw started his professional career with Notts County, where he scored 40 goals in 72 league games before he moved to Bradford City in 1962. He spent just one season at

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, but he finished as the club's joint top goal-scorer with seven league goals and four in the

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, including a hat-trick in a 5–2 win over

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. He joined Stockport County before he moved into

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with Cambridge City. He was with Cambridge City from February 1964 to January 1965. Bircumshaw's brother

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also played professional football.

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* 1938 births 2017 deaths Footballers from Mansfield English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Notts County F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Cambridge City F.C. players English Football League players 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub