Manchester City F.C. Wartime Guest Players - Johnny Carey, Joe Bacuzzi, Alf Hanson, Sailor Brown, Harry McShane, Alf Bellis, Joseph Birds (Paperback)

Chapters: Johnny Carey, Joe Bacuzzi, Alf Hanson, Sailor Brown, Harry Mcshane, Alf Bellis, Joseph Birds. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Joseph "Johnny" Carey (23 February 1919 in Dublin, Ireland 22 August 1995 in Macclesfield, England), also known as Jackie Carey, was an Irish footballer and manager. As a player Carey spent most of his career at Manchester United, where he was team captain from 1946 until he retired as a player in 1953. He was also a dual internationalist, playing for and captaining both Ireland teams the FAI XI and the IFA XI. In 1947 he also captained a Europe XI which played a Great Britain XI at Hampden Park. In 1949 he was voted the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year and in the same year captained the FAI XI that defeated England 20 at Goodison Park, becoming the first non-UK team to beat England at home. Carey was also the first non-UK player and the first Irishman to captain a winning team in both an FA Cup Final and the First Division. Like his contemporary Con Martin, Carey was an extremely versatile footballer and played in nine different positions throughout his career. He even played in goal for United on one occasion. As a schoolboy Carey played soccer for Home Farm. As a youth he also played Gaelic football and was selected to represent Dublin at minor level before he signed for St James's Gate at the start of the 193637 season. After just two months of League of Ireland football, he was spotted by Billy Behan, a Dublin-based Manchester United scout. Behan convinced the United chief scout, Louis Rocca, to check him out and in November 1936 United signed him for a then League of Ireland record fee of 250. He made his debut as an inside-left for United on 23 September 1937 against Southampto...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1497850