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John Mortimore

John Mortimore

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Mortimore played as a centre half in the Football League for Chelsea, with whom he scored 10 goals from 279 games in all competitions between 1956 and 1965 and won the 1965 Football League Cup, and for Queens Park Rangers. As manager, he had spells at Portsmouth, Benfica, where he won the national championship in both 1976–77 and 1986–87, and the Portuguese Cup in 1986 and 1987, Belenenses and, in a very brief stint as joint caretaker, Southampton. He also coached at clubs including Sunderland, Chelsea and Southampton, where he eventually became club president. He died on 26 January 2021, aged 86.

Club
Queens Park Rangers F.C. (1965–1966)
Club
Chelsea F.C. (1956–1965)
Club
Woking F.C.
Club
Real Betis Balompié
National team
England

Legacy

Honours

Player

Chelsea Football League Cup: 1964–65

Manager

Benfica Primeira Liga: 1976–77, 1986–87 Taça de Portugal: 1985–86, 1986–87 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1985

Clubs

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Archive

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

English football player/manager (1934–2021)

Position

defender

Extract from Wikipedia

John Henry Mortimore was an English football player and manager.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
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