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

Career

Mortimore played as a

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for

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, 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 Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...

. As manager, he had spells at

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, Benfica, where he won the

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in both 1976–77 and 1986–87, and the

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in 1986 and 1987, Belenenses and, in a very brief stint as joint

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. 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 * Football League Cup: 1964–65

Manager

;Benfica * Primeira Liga: 1976–77, 1986–87 *

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: 1985–86, 1986–87 *

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References

1934 births 2021 deaths People from Farnborough, Hampshire English footballers Men's association football defenders Woking F.C. players Chelsea F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players English Football League players English football managers English expatriate football managers Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. managers Portsmouth F.C. managers S.L. Benfica managers Real Betis managers C.F. Os Belenenses managers Southampton F.C. managers Chelsea F.C. non-playing staff Southampton F.C. directors and chairmen Expatriate football managers in Portugal Expatriate football managers in Spain English expatriate sportspeople in Portugal English expatriate sportspeople in Spain {{England-footy-manager-stub