Peter Farmer (footballer)

Peter Farmer (26 October 1886 – 4 September 1964) was a Scottish professional football manager active throughout Europe in the 1920s and 1930s.

Peter Farmer
Farmer in 1928
Personal information
Date of birth26 October 1886
Place of birthRenton, Scotland
Date of death4 September 1964(1964-09-04) (aged 77)
Place of deathHammersmith, England
Managerial career
YearsTeam
1923–1924Marseille
1924–1926Torino
1928France Olympic
1933–1934Racing Club de France
1934–1935Romania

Career

Farmer coached French teams Marseille (1923–1924) and Racing Club de France (1933–1934).[1] He had a second spell at Marseille (1930–1931) and also coached Racing Club de France (1933–1934) and Stella Cherbourg.[2]

Farmer was also in charge of Italian side Torino between 1924 and 1926, coached the France national team at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[3] He was later a trainer at Celtic (1929–1930) and manager of Tunbridge Wells Rangers (1934).[2]

in November 1934 he was appointed as Romania's national team coach but never led the team in any official match, leaving in May 1935.[4][5]

Honours

Marseille

Racing Club de France

References