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Charlie Tully

Personal information
Full name	Charles Patrick Tully
Date of birth	(1924-07-11)11 July 1924
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death	27 July 1971(1971-07-27) (aged 47)
Place of death	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1944–1948	Belfast Celtic
1944	→ Cliftonville (loan)
1948–1959	Celtic	216	(32)
1959–1960	Cork Hibernians
International career
1948–1958	Northern Ireland	10	(3)
Managerial career
1964–1965	Bangor
1965	Portadown
1968–1971	Bangor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Patrick Tully (11 July 1924 – 27 July 1971) was a Northern Irish football player and manager who played as a midfielder for Celtic.

Biography

Tully joined Belfast Celtic in 1938. A young prospect at the club, he was loaned out in 1941 and 1943 to Ballyclare Comrades and then to Cliftonville to gain playing time, which helped him earn his place from 1944 at Celtic Park in Belfast.

In 1947, he scored the decisive goal in the Irish Cup final against Glentoran.

His performances caught the eye of scouts at Celtic, where Tully signed in June 1948 for £8,000. He made his debut as a left midfielder on 14 August against Greenock Morton. Tully's performances earned him an early reputation as a major player among the Celts, especially after a 3–1 win over Rangers in September 1948 in the Scottish League Cup in which the Northern Irishman had a dazzling game.

Tully then gained his first caps for Northern Ireland. In 1952, he scored a brace in a 2–2 draw with England, including a goal from a corner.

In eleven seasons, Tully won a league title with the Celts (in 1954), two Scottish Cups (in 1951 and 1954) and two Scottish League Cups (in 1957 - the final is celebrated in the song Hampden in the Sun - and 1958). He made a total of 319 appearances in all competitions for Celtic and scored 47 goals (including 216 games and 32 league goals). In 1949, Tully was briefly loaned to Stirling Albion, then was officially loaned to Rangers for a friendly match between a Rangers and Celtic XI and Caledonian FC.

Tully was finally released in September 1959. He then became player-coach of the Irish club Cork Hibernians, with whom he played until he was almost 40 years old. In 1964, he joined Bangor FC in Northern Ireland as manager. In 1965 he became manager at Portadown. In 1968, he returned to Bangor. On July 27, 1971, while still at Bangor, he died in his sleep at the age of just 47.

External links

• Charlie Tully at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database