Harry Catterick

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Harry Catterick was a former Everton player but he is best remembered as the manager of one of Everton Football Club's most successful periods. Catterick took over from Johnny Carey in 1961 and soon began to motivate the team and to make some astute signings. Under his authoritarian guidance, Everton won the Football League Championship in the 1962/63 season, the F.A. Cup in 1966, narrowly lost the 1968 F.A. Cup final with the young team that eventually dominated the 1969/70 season, winning the Championship again by one point short of a record points total. Unexpectedly, the team was not successful in the following season. The stress on Catterick brought about a heart attack in 1972 and eventually he took on a non-executive role in 1973. He died after watching Everton play Ipswich Town at Goodison in 1985.