{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Peter Purden | fullname = | image = | birth_date = | birth_place = Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height = | position = Inside Right | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = Galston | clubs2 = Bethlehem Steel | clubs3 = Shawsheen Indians | clubs4 = Fall River | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = 1 | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = | goals4 = 0 }} '''Peter Purden''' was a Scottish soccer inside right who played professionally in both Scotland and the United States. He began his professional career with Galston in Scotland before moving to the United States. The exact order of his U.S. career is difficult to follow. He appears to have played briefly with Bethlehem Steel, scored the second goal, a penalty kick, in the Shawsheen Indians 3–0 victory over the Chicago Canadian Club in the 1925 National Challenge Cup and played one game with the Fall River of the American Soccer League during the 1924–1925 season.<ref>{{cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921–1931 | type = Hardback | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-8108-3429-4 | id = () }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Foulds | first = Alan E. | title = Boston's Ballparks and Arenas | type = Hardback | publisher = Northeastern | year = 2002 | isbn = 1-5846-5409-0 | id = () }}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Purden, Peter}} Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Galston F.C. players Category:American Soccer League (1921–1933) players Category:Fall River F.C. (1922–1931) players Category:Bethlehem Steel F.C. (1907–1930) players Category:Shawsheen Indians players Category:Year of birth missing Category:Year of death missing Category:Place of birth missing Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Category:Scottish expatriate men's footballers