Alan Bloor
English football player and manager (born 1943) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alan Bloor (born 16 March 1943) is an English former professional footballer and manager. He made 394 league appearances in the Football League for both Potteries teams.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alan Bloor[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1943-03-16) 16 March 1943 (age 81)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England[1] | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960ā1978 | Stoke City | 388 | (17) |
1967 | ā Cleveland Stokers (loan) | 11 | (1) |
1978 | Port Vale | 6 | (1) |
Total | 405 | (19) | |
International career | |||
England Youth | |||
Managerial career | |||
1979 | Port Vale | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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He spent eighteen years as a centre-half at Stoke City between 1960 and 1978, helping them to lift the League Cup in 1972, before spending a brief association with Port Vale as a player and manager between 1978 and 1979. He also briefly played for American club Cleveland Stokers in 1967. He is fifth in Stoke's all-time appearances list, and was nicknamed "Bluto" by the club's supporters.[3]