Peter Brotherton (born 4 February 1931) in Boston, Lincolnshire, is a former Britishracing cyclist. He competed in UK cycling time trials, road races and track cycling events. Following success, Brotherton was selected to represent Great Britain at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships & Olympic Games.
After competing at the1956 Olympic Games held in Melbourne, Australia, along with his wife, they both decided to emigrate, and settled in Melbourne. He continued to compete, in track cycling carnival events, and in 1957, he won the Bendigo Golden Mile wheelrace, beating Russell Mockridge into second place. The following season (1958) he teamed up with Sid Patterson to win the Sydney6 Day track cycling event. A change of partner (Don Burgess) and the Melbourne Milk6 Day ended in a 3rd place finish.
After retiring from cycle racing, Peter Brotherton, began building road and track cycle frames, using the brand name "Petrus". During this period, he acquired the nickname "the Professor" and was a constant source of advice for manyVictorian cyclists, many of whom, went forward to international careers, including both Allan Peiper and Gary Trowell.
| Date | Event | Location | Details | Result | Winner |
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| May 1953 | Manchester Grand Prix | Fallowfield | 1000m Sprint | 3rd |  Cyril Peacock (GBR)
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| June 1953 | Brighton Grand Prix | Brighton, Sussex | 1000m Sprint | 1st | Peter Brotherton (GBR)
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| July 1953 | British Championships | Unknown venue | 4000m Individual Pursuit | 2nd | Ken Mitchell (GBR)
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| July 1953 | British Championships | Unknown venue | 2000m Tandem Sprint | 1st | Peter Brotherton (GBR)
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| June 1956 | Muratti Gold Cup | Fallowfield | 10.00 miles Scratch Race | 3rd | Clive Middleton (GBR)
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| March 1957 | Bendigo Golden Mile Wheelrace | Bendigo | 1.00 mile | 1st | Peter Brotherton (GBR)
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| Oct 2-8th 1958 | Sydney 6-Day with Sid Patterson | Sydney, NSW | 6 Days | 1st | Peter Brotherton (GBR)
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| November 1959 | Melbourne 6-Day with Don Burgess | Essendon | 6 Days | 3rd |  Reynolds-Patterson (AUS)
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