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'''John Roderick Elliot "Bob" Hardisty''' (1 December 1921 – 31 October 1986) was an English amateur [[association football|footballer]] who represented [[Great Britain Olympic football team|Great Britain]] at the [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympics]] in [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]], [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]] and [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]], making a total of six appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=290536/index.html|title=John Hardisty|accessdate=2 September 2009|publisher=FIFA}}</ref>
'''John Roderick Elliot "Bob" Hardisty''' (1 December 1921 – 31 October 1986) was an English amateur [[association football|footballer]] who represented [[Great Britain Olympic football team|Great Britain]] at the [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympics]] in [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]], [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]] and [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]], making a total of six appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=290536/index.html|title=John Hardisty|accessdate=2 September 2009|publisher=FIFA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25229 |title=Bob Hardisty |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref>


Hardisty spent the majority of his career with [[Bishop Auckland F.C.|Bishop Auckland]], winning the [[Northern League (football)|Northern League]] seven times.<ref name="Sports Reference">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/bob-hardisty-1.html|title=Bob Hardisty|accessdate=2 September 2009|publisher=Sports Reference|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126001002/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/bob-hardisty-1.html|archivedate=26 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Hardisty also won the [[FA Amateur Cup]] three times between 1955 and 1957.<ref name = "Sports Reference"/><ref name = "British Olympic Association">{{cite web|url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/athletebio.aspx?at=4048|title=John Roderick Elliot (Bob) Hardisty|accessdate=2 September 2009|publisher=British Olympic Association}}</ref>
Hardisty spent the majority of his career with [[Bishop Auckland F.C.|Bishop Auckland]], winning the [[Northern League (football)|Northern League]] seven times.<ref name="Sports Reference">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/bob-hardisty-1.html|title=Bob Hardisty|accessdate=2 September 2009|publisher=Sports Reference|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126001002/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/bob-hardisty-1.html|archivedate=26 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Hardisty also won the [[FA Amateur Cup]] three times between 1955 and 1957.<ref name = "Sports Reference"/><ref name = "British Olympic Association">{{cite web|url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/athletebio.aspx?at=4048|title=John Roderick Elliot (Bob) Hardisty|accessdate=2 September 2009|publisher=British Olympic Association}}</ref>

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Bob Hardisty
Personal information
Full name John Roderick Elliot Hardisty
Date of birth (1921-12-01)1 December 1921
Place of birth Chester-le-Street, England
Date of death 31 October 1986(1986-10-31) (aged 64)
Place of death Durham, England
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939–1946 Bishop Auckland ? (?)
1946–1949 Darlington 6 (0)
1949–1957 Bishop Auckland ? (?)
1958 Manchester United 0 (0)
International career
1948–1956 Great Britain 6 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Roderick Elliot "Bob" Hardisty (1 December 1921 – 31 October 1986) was an English amateur footballer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics in 1948, 1952 and 1956, making a total of six appearances.[1][2]

Hardisty spent the majority of his career with Bishop Auckland, winning the Northern League seven times.[3] Hardisty also won the FA Amateur Cup three times between 1955 and 1957.[3][4]

Hardisty also made 6 appearances in the Football League for Darlington between 1946 and 1949.[5]

Hardisty briefly came out of retirement in 1958 to play for Manchester United following the Munich air disaster,[3] although he never made a league appearance for them.[6]

Hardisty later became a football coach and worked with Matt Busby.[4] He was portrayed by the actor Liam Shannon in the 2011 BBC TV drama United.[7]

References

  1. ^ "John Hardisty". FIFA. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Bob Hardisty". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Bob Hardisty". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 26 January 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  4. ^ a b "John Roderick Elliot (Bob) Hardisty". British Olympic Association. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  5. ^ "DARLINGTON : 1946/47 - 1988/89 & 1990/91 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  6. ^ "MANCHESTER UNITED : 1946/47 - 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  7. ^ [1]


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