John Mortimore (footballer)

John Mortimore

Personal information
Date of birth	(1934-09-23) 23 September 1934
Place of birth	Farnborough, Hampshire, England
Position(s)	Centre half
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 (joint caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Mortimore (born 23 September 1934) is a former 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.

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Pal Csernai	Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1985–86	Succeeded by John Mortimore
Preceded by John Mortimore	Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1986–87	Succeeded by Tomislav Ivic
Preceded by Artur Jorge	Portuguese SuperCup Winning Coach 1985–86	Succeeded by Artur Jorge