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Jack Mansell

Jack Mansell in 1961
Personal information
Full name	Jack Mansell
Date of birth	(1927-08-22)August 22, 1927
Place of birth	Salford, Lancashire, England
Date of death	March 19, 2016(2016-03-19) (aged 88)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1948–1952	Brighton & Hove Albion	116	(9)
1952–1953	Cardiff City	24	(0)
1953–1958	Portsmouth	134	(7)
National team
	England B	2	(0)
Teams managed
1961–1962	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
1964–1965	Stormvogels Telstar
1965–1967	Rotherham United
1968	Boston Beacons
1969–1972	Reading
1974–1975	Galatasaray
1979	Bahrain
1980–1981	Israel
1982–1983	Maccabi Haifa
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Jack Mansell (22 August 1927 – 19 March 2016) was a British professional footballer. He made 274 appearances in the Football League as a fullback for Brighton & Hove Albion, Cardiff City and Portsmouth.

After retiring as a player he joined the coaching staff at Sheffield Wednesday. He coached many clubs with his longest spell being at Reading and had experience overseas with the likes of Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Boston Beacons and the Israel national football team. In 1982, Mansell was chosen to train Maccabi Haifa, after a year at the Israeli national team.

Mansell died on 19 March 2016 at the age of 88.