John 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]

Jack Mansell
Mansell in 1961
Personal information
Full name John Mansell
Date of birth (1927-08-22)22 August 1927
Place of birth Salford, England
Date of death 19 March 2016(2016-03-19) (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
1974–1975 Galatasaray
1978–1979 Bahrain
1980–1981 Israel
1982–1983 Maccabi Haifa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Jack Mansell". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  2. ^ a b Toast Season 2 Number 3 Archived 6 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, www.portsmouth.vitalfootball.co.uk
  3. ^ Davies, John. "Wednesday sack Buckingham." Daily Mail, 10 April 1964, p. 20
  4. ^ "Delpher - Boeken Kranten Tijdschriften". kranten.kb.nl. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  5. ^ "NASL Coaches Registry". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
  6. ^ "Jack Mansell 1927 – 2016". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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