Peter Bonetti
Peter "The Cat" Bonetti (born
September 9,
1941) was a
football goalkeeper for Chelsea F.C, the St. Louis Stars and England. Born in
Putney. Chelsea signed him from the Reading youth team. He made 729 appearances for Chelsea between 1959 and 1979, a record at the time and in one season managed 21 clean sheets. Towards the end of career he spent one season with the St. Louis Stars in the
NASL. His international career is unfortunately remembered for his last game - in the
World Cup of 1970 in Mexico, as a replacement for
Gordon Banks in the quarter-final when West Germany came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2. That game was Bonetti's only World Cup appearance.