John Mortimore
- January 26, 2021
- 86 years
About John Mortimore
John Mortimore, 86, English football player (Chelsea) and manager (Benfica, Belenenses).
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|John Henry Mortimore (23 September 1934 – 26 January 2021) was an English 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.
He died on 26 January 2021, aged 86.
Honours
Player
- Chelsea
Manager
- Benfica
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