Daniel Pettit

Sir Daniel Eric Arthur Pettit (19 February 1915 – 28 July 2010) was an English footballer, soldier, and industrialist.

Early life Daniel Pettit was born in Liverpool in 1915, the son of Thomas Edgar Pettit, a book keeper and fruit merchant who lived in Peter Road, Walton, at the time of Daniel's birth. Thomas Pettit and his wife Pauline (née Kerr) later moved with their family to an address in Mossley Hill. Having played for the youth teams of both Everton and Liverpool, Pettit also played amateur football for Cambridge University, captaining the side during the 1937–38 season.

Thereafter, in his final working years, Pettit was a distinguished industrialist of national renown, serving as Chairman of the National Freight Corporation from 1971 to 1978, and Director of Lloyds Bank from 1977 to 1985. During this latter period he was also Chairman of the Post and Telecommunications (PosTel) Investment Management Fund. He was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1971 and knighted for his services to industry in 1974.

He married in 1940 Winifred, daughter of William Bibby, by whom he had two sons. Pettit lived latterly at Bransford Court near Worcester.