Bertie Mee
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| Bertie Mee | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Bertram Mee | |
| Date of birth | 25 December 1918 | |
| Place of birth | Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England | |
| Date of death | 22 October 2001 (aged 82) | |
| Place of death | London, England | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1938-1939 1939 |
Derby County Mansfield Town |
0 (0) 13 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1966-1976 | Arsenal | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Bertram "Bertie" Mee OBE (25 December 1918 – 22 October 2001) was an English football player and manager, noted for managing Arsenal to their first Double win in 1971. He was the younger brother of fellow footballer Georgie Mee.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, Mee played for Derby County and Mansfield Town as a young man, but his playing career was cut short by injury. In 1940–41, Mee made 16 guest appearances for Southampton, scoring twice.[2]
Mee joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and trained as a physiotherapist, and spent six years, rising to the rank of sergeant. After leaving, he worked for various football clubs as a physiotherapist, before joining Arsenal in 1960, succeeding Billy Milne.
[edit] Arsenal
After the sacking of Billy Wright in 1966, the club asked Mee to become manager, a highly surprising move, perhaps even to the man himself; Mee asked for a get-out clause for him to return to physiotherapist after twelve months if it didn't work out. Mee recruited Dave Sexton and Don Howe as his assistants, in order to make up for any tactical shortcomings of his own.
[edit] Post-Arsenal
He would later join Watford as assistant to Graham Taylor in 1978 in charge of scouting (where he was credited with discovering John Barnes), and later became a director of the Hornets before retiring in 1991.
Mee was made an OBE in 1984 for services to football. He died in London at the age of 82, in 2001.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Sons and Daughters" - Bob's '70-71 Footballers
- ^ Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 395. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
- ^ "Bertie Mee dies" - BBC Sport
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