John Mortimore
English football player/manager
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| Intro | English football player/manager | ||||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | ||||
| is | Athlete Football player Association football player Sports official Association football manager | ||||
| Work field | Sports | ||||
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| Birth | 23 September 1934, Farnborough, United Kingdom | ||||
| Age | 90 years | ||||
| Star sign | Libra | ||||
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Biography
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.