About Bert Flatley
Lived 1919 – 1987 (aged 67). Bert Flatley was a British association football player and association football coach.
Albert Austin Flatley (5 September 1919 – 9 April 1987) was an English footballer and football manager. An inside-forward, he was signed to Wolverhampton Wanderers, York City, Port Vale, Bradford, and Bury in the periods immediately before and after World War II. He then turned to coaching with Italian club Alessandria, before spending two years in charge at Workington from 1950 to 1952.
Career Club career Flatley was on the books of Wolverhampton Wanderers, before joining York City. His stay at Bootham Crescent was brief, as he played four Third Division North games for the "Minstermen" in the 1938–39 season. He joined Port Vale in June 1939, playing the opening two Third Division South games of the 1939–40 season before World War II stopped all professional football in England. During wartime he guested for Bradford Park Avenue, Bradford City and Halifax Town, before joining Bradford Park Avenue permanently in July 1944.
Managerial career Flatley had a coaching stint in India in 1954 where he was the assistant coach to the then India national team coach Syed Abdul Rahim at the 1954 Colombo Cup. He also managed the Bombay and India football teams for a brief period during the Soviet football team tour to India in 1955.
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Who was Bert Flatley?
English footballer (1919–1987)
When was Bert Flatley born?
Bert Flatley was born on 5 September 1919 in Bradford.
When did Bert Flatley die?
Bert Flatley died on 9 April 1987 in Yeadon.
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Bert Flatley was an association football player and association football coach.
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Bert Flatley was British.
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