George Ernest Petherbridge (19 May 1927 – 4 March 2013) was a professional footballer, who played for Bristol Rovers for seventeen years, between 1945 and 1962.
[1] Petherbridge joined Bristol Rovers in 1945, and spent his entire professional career with the club, eventually leaving seventeen years later in 1962.
[1] He is one of only three men to have played for Rovers for more than fifteen years, and is the fifth most capped player for the club, behind Stuart Taylor, Harry Bamford, Jack Pitt, and Geoff Bradford.
[4] On 9 April 2021, Petherbridge became the seventh player to be inducted into the Bristol Rovers Hall of Fame.
[1] Following his retirement from football he worked as a publican, running The Angel in Sherston, and later The Tamar in Cornwall.