Jack Mansell
.jpg) Mansell in 1961 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jack Mansell | ||
| Date of birth | 22 August 1927 | ||
| Place of birth | Salford, England | ||
| Date of death | 19 March 2016 (aged 88) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Manchester United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1952 | Brighton & Hove Albion[1] | 116 | (9) |
| 1952–1953 | Cardiff City[1] | 24 | (0) |
| 1953–1958 | Portsmouth[1] | 134 | (7) |
| Total | 174 | (16) | |
| International career | |||
| England B[2] | 2 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1961–1962 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | ||
| 1964–1965 | Stormvogels Telstar | ||
| 1965–1967 | Rotherham United | ||
| 1968 | Boston Beacons | ||
| 1969–1971 | Reading | ||
| 1972–1974 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | ||
| 1974–1975 | Galatasaray | ||
| 1978–1979 | Bahrain | ||
| 1980–1981 | Israel | ||
| 1982–1983 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jack Mansell (22 August 1927 – 19 March 2016) was a professional football player and coach. He made 274 appearances in the Football League as a defender for Brighton & Hove Albion, Cardiff City and Portsmouth. After retiring as a player, he joined the coaching staff at Sheffield Wednesday.[1] There, in early April 1964, he became interim manager after the sacking of Vic Buckingham.[3] He coached many clubs with his longest spell being at Reading and had experience overseas with the likes of Blauw-Wit Amsterdam,[4] Boston Beacons[5] and the Israel national team.[2] In 1982, Mansell was chosen to train Maccabi Haifa, after a year at the Israel national team. Mansell died on 19 March 2016.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Jack Mansell". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ^ a b Toast Season 2 Number 3 Archived 6 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, www.portsmouth.vitalfootball.co.uk
- ^ Davies, John. "Wednesday sack Buckingham." Daily Mail, 10 April 1964, p. 20
- ^ "Delpher - Boeken Kranten Tijdschriften". kranten.kb.nl. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "NASL Coaches Registry". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
- ^ "Jack Mansell 1927 – 2016". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
External links
- Managerial statistics of Jack Mansell on Soccerbase.com Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- 1927 births
- 2016 deaths
- Footballers from Salford
- English men's footballers
- England men's B international footballers
- English Football League players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Cardiff City F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- English football managers
- English expatriate football managers
- English expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain
- English expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- English expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. non-playing staff
- Blauw-Wit Amsterdam managers
- Rotherham United F.C. managers
- Reading F.C. managers
- Galatasaray S.K. (football) managers
- Bahrain national football team managers
- Israel national football team managers
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) head coaches
- Expatriate football managers in Bahrain
- Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate football managers in Israel
- Expatriate football managers in Turkey
- Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States
- SC Telstar managers
- English Football League representative players
- Men's association football defenders
- 20th-century English sportsmen