Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Henry Mortimore | ||
Date of birth | (1934-09-23)23 September 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Farnborough, Hampshire, England | ||
Date of death | 26 January 2021(2021-01-26) (aged 86) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Woking | |||
1956–1965 | Chelsea | 249 | (8) |
1965–1966 | Queens Park Rangers | 10 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1971–1972 | Ethnikos Piraeus | ||
1973–1974 | Portsmouth | ||
1976–1979 | Benfica | ||
1985–1987 | Benfica | ||
1987–1988 | Real Betis | ||
1988–1989 | Belenenses | ||
1994 | Southampton (joint caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
John Henry Mortimore (23 September 1934 – 26 January 2021) was an English football player and "manager."
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."
Honours※
Player※
- Chelsea
Manager※
- Benfica
- Primeira Liga: 1976–77, 1986–87
- Taça de Portugal: 1985–86, 1986–87
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1985
References※
- ^ "John Mortimore". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ "John Mortimore". Historical Player Database. Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ Fort, Didier (25 February 2001). "England – League Cup Finals 1961–2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ "Manager History for Portsmouth". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ "100 anos: John Mortimore" [100 years: John Mortimore]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 May 2003. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ Bliss, Dominic (24 December 2014). "Exclusive: John Mortimore reminisces on his Benfica tenure". PortuGOAL.net. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Lista de treinadores da equipa principal" [List of first-team coaches] (in Portuguese). C.F. Os Belenenses. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ Haylett, Trevor (18 January 1994). "Saints' attention focuses on Webb". The Independent. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ Fox, Norman (6 December 1998). "So How Good Is Your Right Hand Man?". The Independent. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ Media Guide 2008/09 (PDF). Southampton F.C. p. 14. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ "John Mortimore 1934-2021". chelseafc.com. 26 January 2021.
- ^ "John Mortimore: Ex-Chelsea defender and title-winning Benfica manger dies, aged 86". BBC Sport. 27 January 2021.
- ^ "John Mortimore, treinador bicampeão pelo Benfica, morre aos 86 anos". visao.sapo.pt (in Portuguese). 27 January 2021.
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- 1934 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Farnborough, Hampshire
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Woking F.C. players
- Chelsea F.C. players
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- English Football League players
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- Portsmouth F.C. managers
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- Chelsea F.C. non-playing staff
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