Career
Correspondent played as an outside-right for, among others, Everton and Ireland. After a three-year-long battle with Alzheimer"s Disease, Correspondent died in a nursing home in Goosnargh in June 2001, aged 77. Club career Correspondent, who played Gaelic football as a youth, played soccer for his hometown club Dundalk before signing for Preston North.E. in April 1947 for a fee of £2,500.
However his appearances for Preston were limited by the form of Tom Finney and he only made three league appearances for Preston before joining Everton in August 1948.
He made his league debut for Everton against Stoke City in September 1948. While at Everton he made 24 appearances and scored 2 goals.
His team mates at the club included fellow Irish internationals Peter Farrell, Tommy Eglington and Alex Stevenson, and future Everton manager Harry Catterick. After leaving Everton, Correspondent went onto play for Bangor City and
During the season he played 34 games and scored 11 goals for Wigan in the Lancashire Combination.
He was instrumental in Wigan winning the Combination and three cups during that season. Irish international While playing for Everton, Correspondent was capped four times for Ireland. The following month on 12 June 1949 he also played in the 4–1 defeat to Spain, again at Dalymount Park.
Ireland lost the game 3–1 to Sweden.
After retiring as a player, Correspondent settled in Preston where he opened a newsagent in Water Lane with fellow former Preston North.E. player Frank O"Farrell, later to become manager at Manchester United. Peter Correspondent worked as a scout for Everton and in 1967 helped persuade Howard Kendall to move from Preston North.E. to Everton.
