Brian Carter

Brian Carter (17 November 1938 –21 July 2019 ) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the English Football League for Portsmouth and Bristol Rovers in the 1950s and 1960s.

Early life Carter was born in Dorset, England, the son of Edward Carter and Eileen Bird. He attended Weymouth Grammar School and began his footballing career with Weymouth as a sixteen-year-old, signing professional terms with them when he turned 17.

Footballing career In January 1956, two months after his seventeenth birthday, he was signed by Portsmouth for a transfer fee of £2,500. After this he played for a number of non-league clubs around the west of England, mostly in Somerset.