DANNY BLANCHFLOWER

BORN:

10 FEBRUARY 1926

PLACE OF BIRTH:

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND

CLUBS:                   

GLENTORAN (NORTHERN IRELAND)

BARNSLEY (ENGLAND)

ASTON VILLA (ENGLAND)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (ENGLAND)

MAJOR HONOUR:

EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS' CUP 1987

WORLD CUP:-

1958    0 GOALS     5 APPEARANCES

A deep thinker on and off the field, Danny Blanchflower was the creative hub for the great Tottenham Hotspur side of the early 1960s. Earlier he had led Northern Ireland to thier finest hour, at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. The unfancied Irish reached the quarter-finals, disposing of Italy en route. As captain and principal play-maker for Spurs, Blanchflower made history in 1961 by guiding the White Hart Lane club to the first League/Cup double of the 20th century; a string of other trophies included the 1963 European Cup-Winners' Cup. On retierment, Blanchflower became a highly respected and forthright writer on football, then made an ill-starred attempt at management (with Chelsea) in 1978. He died in December 1993. His younger brother, Jackie, was seriously injured in the dreadful Munich air disaster of February 1958.

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