Home / Birthday profiles / Gary Peters (footballer)

Birthday profile

Gary Peters (footballer)

Gary Peters, English footballer and manager

Find birthday twinsOpen interactive profile
Born
August 3, 1954
Age in 2026
72
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1954

About Gary Peters (footballer)

Gary David Peters is an English former professional footballer and now manager. His last position was with Shrewsbury Town in from 2004 to 2008. Between March and August 1979, Gary was one of the Reading back five that kept a clean sheet for 1,103 minutes – a record that stood until broken by Manchester Utd. In his first full season for The Dons (1982–83) Peters helped the club to promotion as Fourth Division champions.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

Gary Peters (footballer) timeline

  1. Between March and August 1979, Gary was one of the Reading back five that kept a clean sheet for 1,103 minutes – a record that stood until broken by Manchester Utd.
  2. In his first full season for The Dons (1982–83) Peters helped the club to promotion as Fourth Division champions.

The world when Gary Peters (footballer) was born

Gary Peters (footballer) was born in 1954. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1954

  • #1 song"Sh-Boom" – The Crew-Cuts
  • Top movieOn the Waterfront
  • Top TV showI Love Lucy
  • Best-selling bookLord of the Flies – William Golding

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentRoger Bannister breaks the 4-minute mile
  • Top headlineSupreme Court rules school segregation unconstitutional
  • Technology milestoneFirst nuclear power plant begins operation (USSR)
  • Defining fadRock and roll emerges
  • Notable inventionNonstick pan (Tefal)
  • World population2.72 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • Also wonMinneapolis Lakers (NBA)
  • U.S. population162.0M

1954 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Gary Peters (footballer)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19542026
Gas$0.29$3.45/gal
Average home$10,250$435,000
Average income$5,800$67,500
Minimum wage$0.75$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.49$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population162.0M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, Transfermarkt. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.