Allan Harris (28 December 1942 – 23 November 2017) was a footballer who played for
Chelsea
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,
Coventry City
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and
Queens Park Rangers
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. His brother
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was also a professional footballer.
Harris was a full-back and began his career with Chelsea, for whom he played 70 league games in his first stint with the club. He joined Coventry in 1964, spending two years there, before briefly returning to Chelsea again, where he played in their
1967
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FA Cup final loss to
Tottenham Hotspur
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.
He moved to Queens Park Rangers as a replacement for
Jim Langley
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in 1967, and made his debut in August that year against
Portsmouth
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. Harris was a member of the
1967–68 side that won promotion to the
First Division for the first time in the club's history.
He played 94 league games for QPR before transferring to
Plymouth Argyle
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in 1971, and later played for
Cambridge United
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. He then joined non-league
Hayes as player-manager in 1974, remaining until his dismissal in March 1975. He signed for
St Patrick's Athletic
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in February 1976, along with
Terry Venables
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, and made his debut on 22 February that year.
After retiring from playing, Harris went on to be assistant manager to Venables at
Crystal Palace
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, QPR (helping the team reach the FA Cup Final in
1982
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and win promotion to the First Division in
1982–83) and
FC Barcelona
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(winning
La Liga
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in
1984–85 and reaching the
1986 European Cup Final
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). He also led Egyptian side
Al Ahly
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to the African Cup as Champions from 1993 to 1995.
He was the coach of the
Malaysian national team from December 2000 to 2004.
Harris died on 23 November 2017 at the age of 74.
References
External links
Argyle Review: Allan Harris
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1942 births
2017 deaths
Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney
Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Coventry City F.C. players
Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
Chelsea F.C. players
Cambridge United F.C. players
Expatriate football managers in Malaysia
League of Ireland players
St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players
Expatriate football managers in Egypt
Karşıyaka S.K. managers
Queens Park Rangers F.C. non-playing staff
Hayes F.C. managers
Association football defenders
English footballers
Expatriate association footballers in the Republic of Ireland
English football managers
FA Cup Final players