Harry Catterick was an English football player and manager.
17 Facts About Harry Catterick
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Harry Catterick finished his managerial career at Preston North End.
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Catterick's father, Harry Catterick Sr, was a football player and coach for Stockport.
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Harry Catterick Jr played at amateur level for Stockport Schoolboys and for Cheadle Heath Nomads before signing part-time for Everton as an 18-year-old in 1937.
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Harry Catterick finally made his league debut in August 1946, aged 26.
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Harry Catterick led to team to the Division 2 title in 1959 and reached the FA Cup semi-final the following season, losing to Blackburn Rovers.
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Harry Catterick left just before the end of the season following an approach from Everton.
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Harry Catterick soon began to motivate the team and made some astute signings.
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Harry Catterick was persuaded to accept a non-executive role at the club on 11 April 1973 by chairman John Moores.
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Harry Catterick held that role until becoming manager of Preston North End in August 1975.
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Harry Catterick disliked that the press gave information about his team out to the public, even simple details such as the formation.
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Harry Catterick ensured that the players on the team-sheet were only listed in alphabetical order so that rival managers would not know the line-up.
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Harry Catterick disliked televised games as he wanted to keep Everton's playing style out of the public eye.
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Harry Catterick once gave an "exclusive" story to a journalist that Everton had missed out on the signing of Preston North End's Howard Kendall and that Kendall had in fact opted to sign for Liverpool.
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Harry Catterick's death came almost exactly five years after former Everton striker Dixie Dean had died while watching a game at the ground, of a heart attack.
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Harry Catterick is buried in the graveyard of St Anne's Church, St Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancashire after a funeral held there six days after his death.
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Harry Catterick was portrayed by Colin Welland in the 1997 TV film The Fix, which featured the events of the 1964 football betting scandal.