Seaman played over 1, 000 club and international matches and was awarded the MBE in 1996, the year he emerged as a hero for his penalty saves - most notably against Scotland and then Spain in a memorable shoot-out during the European Championship.
Fourteen-year-old Paralympian swimmer Eleanor Simmonds said she felt like she was "living in a fairy-tale" on becoming the youngest person ever honoured, made an MBE after winning two golds in the pool in Beijing.
The other Northamptonshire recipient of a New Year Honour is 70-year-old Martin Cahill who has been appointed MBE for services to the community in Earls Barton.