SOCCER PLAYER

Tommy Docherty

1928 - 2020

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Thomas Henderson Docherty (24 April 1928 – 31 December 2020), commonly known as The Doc, was a Scottish football player and manager. Docherty played for several clubs, most notably Preston North End, and represented Scotland 25 times between 1951 and 1959. He then managed a total of 13 clubs between 1961 and 1988, as well as the Scotland national team. Docherty was manager of Manchester United between 1972 and 1977, during which time they were relegated to the Second Division but promoted back to the First Division as champions at the first attempt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tommy Docherty is the 4,546th most popular soccer player (down from 3,844th in 2019), the 4,744th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,233rd in 2019) and the 253rd most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among soccer players, Tommy Docherty ranks 4,546 out of 21,273. Before him are Axel, Obafemi Martins, Tim Borowski, Marco Giampaolo, Karim Adeyemi, and Nilmar. After him are Holger Hieronymus, Zygmunt Anczok, Maouhoub Ghazouani, Stephen Keshi, Jimmy Dickinson, and Žarko Nikolić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Tommy Docherty ranks 497. Before him are Imre Hódos, Muhammadu Maccido, Joe Morello, Nigel Davenport, Michel Brault, and William Alexander Morgan. After him are Carlo Giuffrè, Pete Rademacher, Gino Bramieri, Břetislav Dolejší, José Antonio Roca, and Christian Poncelet. Among people deceased in 2020, Tommy Docherty ranks 615. Before him are Toke Talagi, Mario Chaldú, Rita Sargsyan, Camilla Wicks, Hasan Muratović, and Louis Meznarie. After him are Sapardi Djoko Damono, Marge Champion, Ali Mirzaei, Eric Verdonk, Pete Rademacher, and Miguel Jones.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tommy Docherty ranks 4,745 out of 8,785. Before him are Horace Bailey (1881), Richard Tandy (1948), George Holyoake (1817), Simon Yates (1992), Des Browne (1952), and Celia Johnson (1908). After him are John Martyn (1948), Frederic Moore (1830), Ove Arup (1895), Emily Hobhouse (1860), Jimmy Dickinson (1925), and Simon Baron-Cohen (1958).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Tommy Docherty ranks 253. Before him are David O'Leary (1958), Jimmy Gallagher (1901), Stan Mortensen (1921), Harry Stafford (1869), Callum Hudson-Odoi (2000), and Horace Bailey (1881). After him are Jimmy Dickinson (1925), Martin Kelly (1990), Jordan Henderson (1990), Danny Blanchflower (1926), Benjamin White (1997), and Billy Bingham (1931).

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