John Mortimore (footballer)

English football player/manager (1934–2021)

John Mortimore (23 September 1934 – 26 January 2021) was an English football player and manager.[1]

John Mortimore
Personal information
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(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

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]

Honours change

Player change

Chelsea

Manager change

Benfica

References change

  1. "John Mortimore". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  2. "John Mortimore". Historical Player Database. Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  3. Fort, Didier (25 February 2001). "England – League Cup Finals 1961–2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  4. "John Mortimore 1934-2021". chelseafc.com. 26 January 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "John Mortimore 1934-2021". chelseafc.com. 26 January 2021.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "John Mortimore, treinador bicampeão pelo Benfica, morre aos 86 anos". visao.sapo.pt (in Portuguese). 27 January 2021.