| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Henry Mortimore | ||
| Date of birth | (1934-09-23)23 September 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Farnborough, Hampshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 26 January 2021(2021-01-26) (aged 86) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Woking | |||
| 1956–1965 | Chelsea | 249 | (8) |
| 1965–1966 | Queens Park Rangers | 10 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1971–1972 | Ethnikos Piraeus | ||
| 1973–1974 | Portsmouth | ||
| 1976–1979 | Benfica | ||
| 1985–1987 | Benfica | ||
| 1987–1988 | Real Betis | ||
| 1988–1989 | Belenenses | ||
| 1994 | Southampton (jointcaretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Henry Mortimore (23 September 1934 – 26 January 2021) was an Englishfootball player and manager.[1]
Mortimore played as acentre half inthe Football League forChelsea, with whom he scored 10 goals from 279 games in all competitions between 1956 and 1965[2] and won the1965 Football League Cup,[3] and forQueens Park Rangers.[1] As manager, he had spells atPortsmouth,[4]Benfica, where he won thenational championship in both 1976–77 and 1986–87, and thePortuguese Cup in 1986 and 1987,[5][6]Belenenses[7] and, in a very brief stint as jointcaretaker,Southampton.[8] He also coached at clubs includingSunderland,[1] Chelsea and Southampton,[9] where he eventually became club president.[10]
He died on 26 January 2021, aged 86.[11][12]
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