Everton
EVERTON stalwart Brian Harris passed away peacefully yesterday at his home in Chepstow, aged 72.
Harris made 358 appearances for the Blues, the only player to successfully span the Cliff Britton and Harry Catterick eras at Goodison Park.
In fact Harris played under four Goodison managers, signed by Britton from Port Sunlight for a fee of £10 in January 1954 and featuring under Ian Buchan, Johnny Carey and finally Catterick.
It was under Catterick’s guidance that he enjoyed his most successful spell, winning a League Championship medal in 1963 and being a part of the team which famously retrieved a two-goal deficit at Wembley in 1966 to win the FA Cup.
A notorious practical joker, it was at Wembley that Harris donned a policeman’s helmet – much to the delight of the watching Evertonians – after Eddie Cavanagh’s dash across the turf had seen a trailing bobby lose his headwear.
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