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John Henry Mortimore (23 September 1934 – 26 January 2021) was an English football player and manager.[1]

John Mortimore

Personal information
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)
Teams managed
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

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[2] and won the 1965 Football League Cup,[3] and for Queens Park Rangers.[1] As manager, he had spells at Portsmouth,[4] Benfica, where he won the national championship in both 1976–77 and 1986–87, and the Portuguese Cup in 1986 and 1987,[5][6] Belenenses[7] and, in a very brief stint as joint caretaker, Southampton.[8] He also coached at clubs including Sunderland,[1] Chelsea and Southampton,[9] where he eventually became club president.[10]

He died on 26 January 2021, aged 86.[11][12]

Honours

Player

Chelsea

• Football League Cup: 1964–65[11]

Manager

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 1976–77,[11] 1986–87[11]
• Taça de Portugal: 1985–86,[13] 1986–87[13]
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1985[13]

References

На других языках

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- [en] John Mortimore (footballer)

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[it] John Mortimore

John Mortimore (Farnborough, 23 settembre 1934 – 26 gennaio 2021[1]) è stato un calciatore e allenatore di calcio inglese.

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[ru] Мортимор, Джон

Джон Мортимор (англ. John Mortimore; 23 сентября 1934, Фарнборо, Великобритания — 26 января 2021) — английский футболист и тренер.

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