Charlie Tully

Charlie Tully (born July 11, 1924 in Belfast , † July 27, 1971 there ) was a Northern Irish football player .

He became famous with the Glasgow series champion Celtic Glasgow from Scotland .

Tully moved to the Scots on June 28, 1948 when he left Belfast Celtic (1944-1948), the Northern Irish offshoot of the Glaswegians, after they were forced to dissolve by the League Association. He made his debut for the '' Bhoys '' with a 0-0 draw on August 14, 1948 against Morton . He played a total of 319 games with 47 goals in 11 seasons for Celtic.

In a 3-1 home win against eternal local rivals Rangers , after a great performance, a cult figure among the fans, which triggered a "Tully Mania". Cocktails, ties and ice creams were named after him during this time.

Tully was loaned to Stirling Albion for a brief period before leaving Celtic for good in September 1959. He was then player- coach with the Cork Hibernians and then coached Bangor City and Portadown .

On the international stage he played for Northern Ireland . He played his best-known game for the Green & White Army when he scored both goals in a 2-2 draw against England in 1952 , one from the corner flag. Tully succeeded in this feat again in 1953, but this time twice in a cup game against Falkirk . Tully kicked a corner and steered the ball straight into the net. The referee assumed that the ball could not be scored properly and instructed Tully to retry the corner kick with the result that he again directly pocketed the ball.

Tully died at his Belfast home on July 27, 1971. The streets of his home district, Falls Road, were filled with mourners.