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{{Short description|English footballer and manager (1919–1985)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
|     name      = Harry Catterick
|          image =
|       fullname = 
|    birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|11|26|df=y}}
|   birth_place = [[Darlington]], England
|    death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|3|9|1919|11|26|df=y}}
|   death_place = [[Goodison Park]], [[Liverpool]], England
|         height = 
|       position = [[Forward (association football)|Centre-forward]]
|    youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]
|    youthyears2 = |youthclubs2 = [[Cheadle Heath Nomads F.C.|Cheadle Heath Nomads]]
|         years1 = 1946–1951 |clubs1 = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]                 |caps1 = 59 |goals1 = 19
|         years2 = 1951–1953 |clubs2 = [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]] |caps2 = 24 |goals2 = 11
|  manageryears1 = 1951–1953 |managerclubs1 = [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]
|  manageryears2 = 1953–1958 |managerclubs2 = [[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]]
|  manageryears3 = 1958–1961 |managerclubs3 = [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
|  manageryears4 = 1961–1973 |managerclubs4 = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
|  manageryears5 = 1975–1977 |managerclubs5 = [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]]
}}
'''Harry Catterick''' (26 November 1919 – 9 March 1985) was an English [[Association football|football]] player and manager. As a player Catterick played for [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] and [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]], in a career that was interrupted by [[World War II]]. However, he is most notable as a very successful manager. After spells with Crewe, Rochdale and [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]], with whom he won the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] title, Catterick took over at Everton and won the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] twice and the [[FA Cup]] with the [[Merseyside]] club.<ref name=Echoprofile>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news/2010/12/21/the-harry-catterick-story-part-one-100252-27859602/?|title=The Harry Catterick Story: Part One – Was Everton FC's most successful boss for 90 years Top Catt or a Sour Puss?|publisher=[[Liverpool Echo]]|first=Nick|last=Hilton|date=21 December 2010|access-date=22 December 2010}}</ref> He finished his managerial career at [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]].

==Playing career==
Catterick's father, [[Harry Catterick (footballer, born 1897)|Harry Catterick Sr]], was a footballer and coach for [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]. Catterick Jr played at amateur level for Stockport Schoolboys and for Cheadle Heath Nomads before signing part-time for [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] as an 18-year-old in 1937. He was an apprentice marine engine engineer.

However, his professional career coincided with the Second World War so that his opportunities to play were limited. His wartime record with Everton saw him score 55 goals in 71 games. During the war, he also played for [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]].

He finally made his league debut in August 1946, aged 26.

==Managerial career==

===Sheffield Wednesday===
Replacing [[Eric Taylor (football manager)|Eric Taylor]] in 1958, Catterick achieved much success in his three years with [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]. He led to team to the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] title in 1959 and reached the FA Cup semi-final the following season, losing to [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]. The following season, Wednesday were league runners-up to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], who won the [[Double (association football)|Double]]. Catterick left just before the end of the season following an approach from Everton.

===Everton===
Catterick took over from [[Johnny Carey]] in April 1961. He soon began to motivate the team and made some astute signings. Under his authoritarian guidance, Everton won the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] championship in the 1962–63 season and the [[1966 FA Cup Final]]. Although he narrowly lost the [[1968 FA Cup Final]], the same young team eventually dominated the 1969–70 season, winning the First Division again, one point short of a record points total. Catterick upheld Everton's tradition of cultured, attacking football.

Many tipped Everton to dominate the 1970s under Catterick. However, a dip in the team's morale saw Everton struggle in the league the following season. The sale of [[Alan Ball, Jr.|Alan Ball]] to [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in December 1971 came as a surprise to supporters. The struggle by a previously great team seriously affected Catterick's health, and he suffered a severe [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] on 5 January 1972 near Sheffield after watching the League Cup semi-final between West Ham United and Stoke City. He spent 14 days in hospital in Sheffield, being discharged on 19 January, and returned later that season, but later said that he felt it took him twelve months to fully recover.

He was persuaded to accept a non-executive role at the club on 11 April 1973 by chairman John Moores. He held that role until becoming manager of [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] in August 1975. It was a role he remained in up to May 1977. In the Summer of 1977 Catterick wrote to the FA inquiring about the England managerial vacancy but never received a reply.<ref>Clough and Revie – The Rivals who changed football – Roger Hermiston</ref> After that Catterick worked as a scout for [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] under the management of [[Lawrie MacMenemy]].

===The Shankly rivalry===
While the manager of rivals [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], [[Bill Shankly]], was an extrovert, Catterick was the opposite, an introvert. He disliked that the press gave information about his team out to the public, even simple details such as the formation. He ensured that the players on the teamsheet were only listed in alphabetical order so that rival managers would not know the lineup.

He also disliked televised games as he wanted to keep Everton's playing style out of the public eye. Shankly was the opposite, welcoming televised matches as he felt it frightened opposing teams.

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. The journalist published the story in the newspaper but hours later Kendall had in fact signed for Everton. It is claimed that Catterick had manipulated the media to score points off the field against Shankly.

==Death==
Catterick died of a [[heart attack]] shortly after watching Everton draw 2–2 with [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] in an [[FA Cup]] Sixth Round match at [[Goodison Park]] on 9 March 1985. He was 65 years old. His death came almost exactly five years after former Everton striker [[Dixie Dean]] had died while watching a game at the ground, also of a heart attack. Everton won the replay 1–0 and the players wore black armbands in Catterick's memory.

He 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. His gravestone bears the Everton motto, "Nil satis nisi optimum".

==In popular culture==
Catterick was portrayed by [[Colin Welland]] in the 1997 TV film ''[[The Fix (TV film)|The Fix]]'', which featured the events of the [[1964 British betting scandal|1964 football betting scandal]].

== Managerial statistics ==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
|-
!rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|From
!rowspan=2|To
!colspan=5|Record
|-
!{{abbr|P|Matches played}}!!{{abbr|W|Matches won}}!!{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}!!{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}!!{{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}}
|-
|align=left|[[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]
|align=left|1 December 1951
|align=left|1 June 1953
{{WDL|75|31|11|33|decimals=1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]]
|align=left|1 June 1953
|align=left|1 May 1958
{{WDL|238|88|58|92|decimals=1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
|align=left|1 August 1958
|align=left|17 April 1961
{{WDL|138|77|31|30|decimals=1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
|align=left|17 April 1961
|align=left|11 April 1973
{{WDL|597|278|157|162|decimals=1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]]
|align=center|27 August 1975
|align=left|1 May 1977
{{WDL|98|40|24|34|decimals=1}}
|-
!colspan=3|Total<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=577|title=Harry Catterick &#124; Latest Betting Odds &#124; Soccer Base}}</ref>
{{WDLtot|1146|514|281|351|decimals=1}}
|}

==Honours==

===Manager===
;Sheffield Wednesday
*[[Football League Second Division]]: [[1958–59 Football League|1958–59]]
;Everton
*[[Football League First Division|First Division]]: [[1962–63 Football League|1962–63]], [[1969–70 Football League|1969–70]]
*[[FA Cup]]: [[1966 FA Cup Final|1965–66]]
*[[FA Community Shield|FA Charity Shield]]: [[1963 FA Charity Shield|1963]], [[1970 FA Charity Shield|1970]]

== See also ==
* [[List of English football championship-winning managers]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|3653837}}

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