Joe Peacock


John "Joe" Peacock was an English football player and coach who played as a left half.

Early life

Born in Ince-in-Makerfield, Peacock was the eldest of four children. by 1911 he was working as a driller in an iron works.

Career

Peacock played for Wigan Recreation and Atherton, before signing for Everton in June 1919. He later played for Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday, and Clapton Orient. He won the Division Two championship in the 1928-29 season, and was a FA Charity Shield runners-up in 1930.
He earned three caps for England in 1929.
After leaving Clapton Orient in 1933 he became a coach in Sweden. He later worked as assistant manager for Port Vale and as a trainer for Wrexham.

Later life and death

By 1939 Peacock was a milly machinist in the motor trade. He died in Wigan on 4 March 1979, aged 81.