John O'Hare

John O'Hare
Personal information
Date of birth	24 September 1946 (age 77)
Place of birth	Renton, Scotland
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1964–1967	Sunderland
1967–1974	Derby County
1974–1975	Leeds United
1975–1981	Nottingham Forest
1977-1978	Dallas Tornado
	Belper Town
Total
International career
1970–1972	Scotland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John O'Hare (born 24 September 1946) is a Scottish former footballer. His clubs included Sunderland, Derby County and also Nottingham Forest and was part of their European Cup victory in 1980, coming on as a substitute in the final. He also won thirteen caps for the Scotland national team, scoring five goals.

Career

O'Hare was born in Renton. His career took shape under the guidance of Derby manager Brian Clough after moving from Sunderland for £20,000 in 1967. There was initial criticism of him as he was seen as a large but slow forward. However, Clough persisted with him and in his second season he justified his fee, going on to establish a prolific partnership with Kevin Hector as they led Derby to the First Division title in 1972.

O'Hare followed Clough to Leeds United in 1974, however the latter left Leeds after only 44 days in the job. O'Hare was reunited with Clough after a transfer to Nottingham Forest in February 1975. He and John McGovern were signed for a combined £130,000.^[1] O'Hare went on to win another league title and a European Cup.

He won thirteen caps for the Scotland national team, scoring five goals.

Between 1977 - 1978 John played football out in the NASL American league for Dallas Tornado, he made 40 appearances and scored 14 goals.

John is currently a part time chauffeur for Toyota and is a host of the executive/VIP guest suite at Nottingham Forest's home games.