Bob Hardisty

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Bob Hardisty
Personal information
Full name	John Roderick Elliot Hardisty
Date of birth	(1921-12-01)1 December 1921
Place of birth	Chester-le-Street, England
Date of death	31 October 1986(1986-10-31) (aged 64)
Place of death	Durham, England
Playing position	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1939–1946	Bishop Auckland	?	(?)
1946–1949	Darlington	6	(0)
1949–1957	Bishop Auckland	?	(?)
1958	Manchester United	0	(0)
National team
1948–1956	Great Britain	6	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

John Roderick Elliot "Bob" Hardisty (1 December 1921 – 31 October 1986) was an English amateur footballer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics in 1948, 1952 and 1956, making a total of six appearances.^[1]

Hardisty spent the majority of his career with Bishop Auckland, winning the Northern League seven times.^[2] Hardisty also won the FA Amateur Cup three times between 1955 and 1957.^[2]^[3]

Hardisty also made 6 appearances in the Football League for Darlington between 1946 and 1949.^[4]

Hardisty briefly came out of retirement in 1958 to play for Manchester United following the Munich air disaster,^[2] although he never made a league appearance for them.^[5]

Hardisty later became a football coach and worked with Matt Busby.^[3] He was portrayed by the actor Liam Shannon in the 2011 BBC TV drama United.^[6]

References

↑ "John Hardisty". FIFA. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bob Hardisty". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "John Roderick Elliot (Bob) Hardisty". British Olympic Association. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
↑ "DARLINGTON : 1946/47 - 1988/89 & 1990/91 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
↑ "MANCHESTER UNITED : 1946/47 - 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
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v t e Great Britain squad – 1948 Summer Olympics

Aitken Amor Boyd Carmichael Donovan Fright Hardisty A. Hopper T. Hopper Kelleher Kippax Lee Letham Manning McAlinden McBain McColl McIlvenny Neale Phipps Rawlings Simpson Smith Coach: Busby

v t e Great Britain squad – 1952 Summer Olympics

Bennett Fuller Hardisty Lewis Noble Robb Robling Saunders Slater Stewart Stratton Topp Grierson Coach: Winterbottom

v t e Great Britain football squad – 1956 Summer Olympics

Bromilow Dodkins Farrer Hardisty Laybourne Lewin Lewis Prince Robinson Sharratt Stoker Topp Twissell Coach: Creek

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Persondata
Name	Hardisty, Bob
Alternative names
Short description	English footballer
Date of birth	1 December 1921
Place of birth	Chester-le-Street, England
Date of death	31 October 1986
Place of death	Durham, England

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