PETER DOHERTY (FOOTBALLER)

'Peter Dermot Doherty' (June 5 1913 — April 6 1990) was a Northern Irish professional football player and manager.

Contents

Playing career

Management career

Honours and awards

References

External links

Playing career

Born in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Doherty began his career with Glentoran in the Irish League before joining Blackpool in 1933/34 at the age of 19. He scored 29 goals in 89 appearances over three seasons. He joined Manchester City in 1936, for whose services the Manchester team paid a then-club record of £10,000. He scored 81 goals in 133 appearances during his time at Maine Road.
During the Second World War years of 1939-1945, Doherty served in the RAF. At the conclusion of the war, he transferred to Derby County. He also went on to play for Huddersfield Town.

Management career

He made his final move to Doncaster in 1949, where he assumed the role of player-manager. He later became manager of Northern Ireland (1951-1962), for whom he had sixteen caps as a player. He led the country to the 1958 World Cup Finals. He also managed Bristol City.

Honours and awards

Doherty won a league championship medal with Manchester City in 1937 and a cup winner's medal with Derby in the 1946 FA Cup Final. His performances earned him the nickname Peter 'the Great' Doherty. He was regarded by the legendary Joe Mercer as the greatest player who ever lived.
He was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
Doherty died in Blackpool in 1990 at the age of 76.

References

Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, , Roy, Calley, Breedon Books Sport, 1992, ISBN 1-873626-07-X

External links

★ Profile at Soccerbase

★ English Football Hall of Fame

★ Profile at a Manchester City F.C. fansite

★ Profile at Blackpool F.C.'s official website