Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 September 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Farnborough, Hampshire, England | ||
Date of death | 26 January 2021 | (aged 86)||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
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) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
John Mortimore (23 September 1934 – 26 January 2021) was an English football player and manager.[1]
Mortimore played as a centre half in the Football League for Chelsea. He scored 10 goals from 279 games in all competitions between 1956 and 1965[2] and won the 1965 Football League Cup.[3] He also played for Queens Park Rangers.
Mortimore died on 26 January 2021, aged 86.[4]