Steve Piper

Steve Piper
Personal information
Full name Steve Piper
Date of birth 2 November 1953
Place of birth Brighton, East Sussex
Date of death 26 December 2017 (aged 64)
Place of death Brighton, East Sussex
Position Central defender
Youth career
Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1977 Brighton & Hove Albion 162 (9)
1977–1979 Portsmouth 29 (2)
Worthing
Whitehawk
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Steve Piper (2 November 1953 – 26 December 2017) was an English footballer who played as a central defender.

Born in Brighton, Piper joined Brighton and Hove Albion as a youth player and went on to make 162 league appearances for the Seagulls. He then moved on to Portsmouth before joining non-league Worthing. He also played for Littlehampton Town, Southwick, Steyning Town and Whitehawk.

Piper died on 26 December 2017 aged 64.

References

  1. ↑ "Steve Piper". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Steve Piper at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  3. ↑ Sussex football favourite Steve Piper dies Brighton and Hove Independent, 27 December 2017
  4. ↑ Ex-Albion favourite Steve Piper dies, 64
  5. ↑ Stephen Piper