Johnny Carey

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Johnny Carey
Date of birth	February 23, 1919
Place of birth	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Date of death	August 23, 1995 (aged 76)
Height	5 ft 11 ins (1.80 m)
Playing position	Fullback
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1937-1953	Manchester United F.C.	344 (18)
National team
1937-1952 1947-1949	Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland	27(3) 9
Teams managed
1953-1958 1958-1961 1961-1963 1963-1968 1970-1971	Blackburn Rovers F.C. Everton F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. Nottingham Forest F.C. Blackburn Rovers F.C.
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Johnny Carey (February 23, 1919 - August 23, 1995) was an Irish football player and manager. Carey came through the junior ranks at Manchester United. His first game for the club came against Southampton in 1937. He was a defender who competed for the starting spot with another great United player of the time, Stan Pearson. His career was interrupted by World War II where he fought in Italy and the Middle East. After the war was over, he captained United to the 1948 FA Cup and the 1952 League Championship. He played in 344 games for United and scored 18 goals.

Carey was the manager of Blackburn Rovers from 1953 to 1958 and then of Everton from 1958 to 1961. At Everton, Carey inherited some notable players such as Bobby Collins, Albert Dunlop, Alex Parker, Brian Labone, Mick Meagan and Derek Temple and was able to reinforce this squad with money provided by the chairman John Moores. In this time Carey brought in Roy Vernon, Billy Bingham, Alex Young and Jimmy Gabriel. Under Carey's leadership Everton reached their highest post-war league position (5th) in the 1960-61 season. Unfortunately Moores wanted even greater success and sacked Carey in the back of a taxi in 1961. He next managed Leyton Orient and took them to the First Division in 1962, their only season in the top division.

Perhaps Carey's greatest success was to reinvigorate a previously moribund Nottingham Forest team which he took to second place (their highest until the Brian Clough era) and the FA Cup semi-finals in 1966-67.

Johnny Carey died on 19 August 1995, aged 76.

Preceded by Stanley Matthews	Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 1949	Succeeded by Joe Mercer

Preceded by Jackie Bestall	Blackburn Rovers F.C. Manager 1953-1958	Succeeded by Dally Duncan
Preceded by Eddie Quigley	Blackburn Rovers F.C. Manager 1970-1971	Succeeded by Ken Furphy