Brian Harris (footballer)
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{ For|the Australian Rules footballer previously known as Brian Harris|Brian Lake}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Brian Harris
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|05|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bebington, Wirral, Cheshire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|02|17|1935|05|16|df=y}}
| death_place = Chepstow, Wales
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| years1 = ?–1954 | years2 = 1954–1966 | years3 = 1966–1971 | years4 =1971–1974
| clubs1 = Port Sunlight | clubs2 = Everton | clubs3 = Cardiff City | clubs4 =Newport County
| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = 360 | goals2 = 29 | caps3 = 149 | goals3 = 1| caps4 = 85 | goals4 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1974–1975 | managerclubs1 = Newport County
| manageryears2 = | managerclubs2 =Cardiff City (assistant)
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Brian Harris (16 May 1935 – 17 February 2008) was an English footballer.
Playing career
Harris started playing for Wirral club Port Sunlight before signing for Everton in 1954 for just a £10 fee. He was regarded as a very versatile player, and during his Everton career played in every position except goalkeeper.{{cite web|url=http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/tm_headline=bill-kenwright-in-transfer-vow-of-millions&method=full&objectid=20488886&siteid=50061-name_page.html
|publisher=www.icliverpool.co.uk|title=Bill Kenwright in transfer vow of 'millions'|first=Ian|last=Doyle|date=2008-02-18|access-date=2008-02-18}}
Harris played for 12 years for Everton, notably partnering the more defensively minded Jimmy Gabriel. In the 1962–63 season he lost his place to Tony Kay but regained it the following year as Kay was banned from soccer. Despite this he played in 24 games in Everton's league-winning season, 1962–63, and in the 1966 FA Cup Final, which saw Everton beat Sheffield Wednesday. Five months after the final Harris was sold to Cardiff City, for £10,000.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/7250851.stm|title=Cardiff and Everton mourn Harris|publisher=BBC Sport online|date=2008-02-18|access-date=2008-02-18}} With Cardiff he reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners Cup, in 1968.
Management career
Harris went on to play for, and manage, Newport County. Harris also returned to Cardiff to become assistant manager to Richie Morgan, a post he occupied for two years. Following this, Harris was briefly a coach at Ipswich Town before moving to Chepstow, where he worked as a publican, and as manager to non-league Chepstow Town.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/brian-harris-funloving-everton-footballer-784894.html|title=Brian Harris: Fun-loving Everton footballer|first=Ivan|last=Ponting|newspaper=The Independent|date=2008-02-21|access-date=2008-02-21}}
Harris died on 17 February 2008 in Chepstow, following a short illness.{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/brian-harris-dies.html|title=Brian Harris dies|publisher=www.evertonfc.com|first=Darren|last=Griffiths|date=2008-02-18|access-date=2008-02-18}} His funeral service was held at St Luke's, Walton, a church in the corner of Everton's Goodison Park ground.{{cite news |url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/obituary/0,,2271850,00.html|title= Obituary - Brian Harris|newspaper=The Guardian
|first=James|last=Corbett|date=2008-04-09|access-date=2008-04-17}}
Honours
References
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Sources
- [http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=player_details&player_id=294 Brian Harris at Everton Stats]
External links
- [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3816972.ece Obituary: Times]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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Category:Footballers from Bebington
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Port Sunlight F.C. players
Category:Cardiff City F.C. players
Category:Newport County A.F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:English football managers
Category:Newport County A.F.C. managers
Category:Cardiff City F.C. non-playing staff
Category:Men's association football wing halves
Category:West Cheshire Association Football League players
Category:Chepstow Town F.C. managers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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