From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Johnny Morrissey
Johnny Morrissey
Johnny Morrissey He finished his career with a brief stay at Oldham
Personal information Athletic, which brought his total of League appearances
over the 300 mark.[1] His son John had a successful career
Date of birth 18 April 1940 (1940-04-18)
with Tranmere Rovers making 470 League appearance
Place of birth Liverpool, England for them between 1985 and 1999.
Playing position Outside left
Youth career
References
– Liverpool
[1] ^ "Johnny Morrissey". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown.
http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/
Senior career* johnnymorrissey.htm. Retrieved 20 December
Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2009.
[2] ^ "John Morrissey". Liverpool FC.
1957–1962 Liverpool 36 (6) http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/history/past-players/
1962–1972 Everton 259 (43) john-morrissey. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
[3] ^ "Everton Legends I–M". Everton FC.
1972–1973 Oldham Athletic 6 (1)
http://www.evertonfc.com/history/everton-
Total 301 (50) legends-i-m.html. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
[4] ^ "Everton Player Stats John Morrissey". Everton
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the
domestic league only. F.C. http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/
† Appearances (Goals). ?mode=player_details&player_id=520. Retrieved 20
December 2009.
John "Johnny" Morrissey (born 18 April 1940) is an Eng- [5] "First Division Champions 1962-63". EFC History.
lish former footballer who played in the Football League Steve Clay. http://www.efchistory.co.uk/
for Liverpool, Everton and Oldham Athletic.[1] Champions%201962-63.htm. Retrieved 20
December 2009.
[6] Fort, Didier (15 February 2006). "England - FA Cup
Club career Finals 1946-2000". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/
Morrissey was born in Liverpool, and began his football tablese/engcuphistfinal.html. Retrieved 20
career as a junior with Liverpool F.C., signing profession- December 2009.
al forms when he turned 17, and making his debut in
September 1957. He played as an outside left, and was un-
able to dislodge Alan A’Court from that position in the
External links
first team.[2] • League stats at Neil Brown’s site
In 1962 he "crossed the park" to join Everton for a fee Persondata
of £10,000,[3] sold without manager Bill Shankly’s knowl- Name Morrissey, Johnny
edge.[2] He scored on his Everton debut, in the first
league Merseyside derby in 11 seasons, which finished as Alternative names
a 2–2 draw, and went on to help the club to the First Divi- Short description Professional footballer
sion title in his first season.[4][5] He scored the goal in Date of birth 18 April 1940
the semi-final that took Everton to the 1968 FA Cup Fi-
Place of birth Liverpool, England
nal,[3] and played on the losing side in that match.[6] In
ten years with Everton, Morrissey scored 50 goals from Date of death
314 games in all competitions.[4] Despite his small stature Place of death
Morrissey had a reputation as an uncompromising play-
er, Jimmy Greaves once commenting that he "always got
the retaliation in first!".
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• 1940 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Liverpool
• English footballers
• Association football wingers
• Everton F.C. players
• Liverpool F.C. players
• Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
• The Football League players
• English football midfielder, 1940s birth stubs
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