Peter Short (born 20 June 1979 in Liverpool, England) was a rugby union footballer who played as a lock forward predominantly for Bath in the Aviva Premiership. He began playing rugby at Adams' Grammar School, in Shropshire, captaining the team from the no. 8 position. He went on to attend UWIC, before moving to Loughborough University. He has converted from no. 8 to flanker to lock, He was called into the England Saxons squad to face Italy A in Ragusa, Sicily on 9 February 2008. Short represented England Saxons at the 2009 Churchill Cup. Short now coaches sport at Canford School in Dorset.