Brian Harris (footballer)

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Brian Harris
Full name	Brian Harris
Date of birth	16 May 1935(1935-05-16)
Place of birth	Bebington, England
Date of death	17 February 2008 (aged 72)
Place of death	Chepstow, Wales
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
?-1954 1954-1966 1966-1971 1971-1974	Port Sunlight Everton Cardiff City Newport County	360 (29) 149 0(0) 085 0(0)
Teams managed
	Newport County Cardiff City (assistant)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

For the Australian Rules footballer previously known as Brian Harris, see Brian Lake.

Brian Harris (16 May 1935 – 17 February 2008) was an English footballer.

1 Playing career
2 Management career
3 References
4 Source
5 External links

[edit] 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.^[1]

Harris played 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.^[2] With Cardiff he reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners Cup, in 1968.

[edit] 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, in the Post Office, and as manager to non-league Chepstow Town.^[3]

Harris died on February 17, 2008 in Chepstow, following a short illness.^[4] His funeral service was held at St Luke's, Walton, a church in the corner of Everton's Goodison Park ground.^[5]