Jack Mansell

Jack Mansell
	Mansell in 1961
Personal information
Full name	Jack Mansell
Date of birth	22 August 1927
Place of birth	Salford, England
Date of death	19 March 2016 (aged 88)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1948–1952	Brighton & Hove Albion
1952–1953	Cardiff City
1953–1958	Portsmouth
Total
International career
	England B
Managerial career
1961–1962	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
1964–1965	Stormvogels Telstar
1965–1967	Rotherham United
1968	Boston Beacons
1969–1971	Reading
1972–1974	Iraklis Thessaloniki
1974–1975	Galatasaray
1978–1979	Bahrain
1980–1981	Israel
1982–1983	Maccabi Haifa
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jack 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]

References

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