Peter Hampton, the former Stoke City left-back, has died suddenly at the age of 66.
Hampton has passed away while on a family holiday in Cyprus. He had only recently retired from a job at Cumberland Infirmary.
He had made 156 appearances for Stoke during four seasons in the early 1980s, brought in by Alan Durban from Leeds United, for whom he had been on the bench in the 1975 European Cup final.
He joined Burnley in 1984 before spells at Rochdale and Carlisle United, where he would also be club physiotherapist for 11 years.
Carlisle chairman Andrew Jenkins said: “Peter was a loyal servant of the club who had a real dedication to his work.
“He was trusted completely by every manager he worked with and the players in the dressing room had a huge amount of respect for him.
“His knowledge helped many an injured player to recover quickly, and his ‘can do’ manner made him a pleasure to know and work with.
“I got to know him very well personally and he will be a real miss around Carlisle.
“Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time.”
Hampton had been on the books of Manchester City as a boy before his family moved to Bishop Auckland and he joined Leeds in 1971.
He was long on the fringes of the first team before Jimmy Adamson allowed him to join Stoke for £150,000 in August 1980 – actually on the day he was about to hand in a transfer request.
