Peter Barr Cormack (17 July 1946 – 10 October 2024) was a Scottish professional football player and manager.
Cormack managed Partick Thistle, Anorthosis FC, Botswana, Cowdenbeath and Greenock Morton.
A product of Tynecastle Boys Club the young Peter Cormack was signed by Heart of Midlothian directly from school.
He was the first ground staff boy at Tynecastle Park since Hearts all-time great Tommy Walker in the 1930s.
Hibs challenged for league and cup until Stein left before the end of the season to manage Celtic in March 1965.
The 4–2 win at Ibrox was three days after Cormack and Hibs had beaten Real Madrid 2–0 in a challenge match at Easter Road.
[4] Stein was replaced by Bob Shankly with whom Hibs finished fourth in the league and lost in the Scottish Cup semi final to Dunfermline Athletic.
Cormack played regularly with Hibs in Europe but was unable to progress past the quarter final stage.
[5] During the summer of 1967, the Hibs team played in the United Soccer Association, a North American competition, as "Toronto City".
[citation needed] Forest started the season well with Cormack being unbeaten and fourth in the league after six games.
Cormack made his Reds debut on 2 September 1972 in a league fixture at the Baseball Ground in a 2–1 defeat to Derby County.
In October he headed the only goal of the game with 13 minutes to go for a home win in the Merseyside derby against Everton.
Liverpool defeated four German teams en route to the trophy and beat Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-final.
[9][14][16] Cormack won silverware in his second season, when Liverpool emphatically beat Newcastle United 3–0 at Wembley in the 1974 FA Cup Final.
[9][14][13] In 1975–76, Cormack's fourth season at Anfield, Liverpool completed another League and the UEFA Cup double.
Cormack played in both legs in the UEFA Cup first round 3–2 aggregate win against his former club, Hibernian.
He was then named as substitute against Burnley before a run of four games in the starting line-up, including a crucial 2–0 home win against Queens Park Rangers that put Liverpool in top spot ahead of the London club.
[9][14] Aged 30, in November 1976 Cormack left Liverpool and joined Alan Dicks's Bristol City for £50,000.
Whilst at Hibs, he won his first full cap for Scotland on 25 June 1966 in a prestigious friendly with Brazil at Hampden Park.
Davie Hay was selected to play in preference to Cormack who didn't cross the touchline for any game time as the Scots returned home unbeaten after the group stage with a win and two draws.
[14] The article as a Hibernian Hall of Fame inductee says of him: "Once described as a skinny kid built like a greyhound, he was as hard as nails, his fiery fiercely competitive nature earning him several altercations with officialdom.
According to a popular Hibs player of the time, Peter could do everything, pass, beat a man, tackle and head the ball.
The versatile Cormack could also play anywhere, out wide, midfield, up front and even in goal as he once demonstrated when keeping a clean sheet for most of the match against St Mirren after goalkeeper Willie Wilson had gone off injured.
Cormack worked hard to improve as a footballer and did extra training sessions three times a week with Peter Marinello and John Murphy at Hibs.
Following a number of years on the after-dinner speaking circuit, Cormack spent time playing in celebrity golf events, working in his garden and helping with his six grandchildren.