Peter Doherty (footballer)

Peter Doherty

Personal information
Full name	Peter Dermot Doherty[1]
Date of birth	(1913-06-05)5 June 1913
Place of birth	Magherafelt, County Londonderry, United Kingdom
Date of death	6 April 1990(1990-04-06) (aged 76)
Place of death	Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s)	Inside-left
Youth career
1926–1930	Station United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1930–1931	Coleraine
1931–1933	Glentoran
1933–1936	Blackpool	82	(28)
1936–1945	Manchester City	119	(74)
1945–1946	Derby County	15	(7)
1946–1949	Huddersfield Town	83	(33)
1949–1953	Doncaster Rovers	103	(56)
Total		402	(198)
International career
1935–1950	Ireland (IFA)	16	(3)
Managerial career
1949–1958	Doncaster Rovers
1951–1962	Northern Ireland
1958–1960	Bristol City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Dermot Doherty (5 June 1913 – 6 April 1990) was a Northern Irish international footballer and manager.

An inside-left, he was one of the top players of his time, gaining 16 caps for Ireland (IFA). He played for Coleraine and Glentoran, winning the Irish Cup with Glentoran in 1933, before winning a move to English club Blackpool later in the year. He was sold to Manchester City in February 1936 for a fee of £10,000 and helped the club to win the First Division title for the first time in the 1936–37 season. The outbreak of World War II cost him the chance to play competitive football during his peak years, and he was transferred to Derby County as the war drew to a close. He won the FA Cup with Derby, scoring in the 1946 FA Cup final victory over Charlton Athletic. He moved on to Huddersfield Town later in the year.

In April 1949, he was appointed player-manager of Doncaster Rovers. He was also top-scorer as the club won the Third Division North title during the 1949–50 season. The club then spent the next seven seasons in the Second Division before he resigned in January 1958. He also worked as Northern Ireland's first national team manager from October 1951 to May 1962. He used his position to help Doncaster sign talented Irish players whilst helping his nation qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals. He spent 1958 to 1960 as Bristol City manager. He later scouted for Liverpool and was in the first group of 22 players to be inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame.