Playing position Name John Mortimore Years Team Role Football player | 1956–1965 Chelsea Position Defender 1965–1966 Queens Park Rangers | |
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Date of birth (1934-09-23) 23 September 1934 (age 81) Place of birth Farnborough, Hampshire, England | ||
John Mortimore (born 23 September 1934) is an English former 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.
References
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