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22/07/2004
NI football legend dies
Northern Ireland football legend, Bertie Peacock, has died at a Belfast hospital following a short illness.
The Coleraine-born star began his career at Irish League club Glentoran before joining Celtic in 1949 where he enjoyed considerable success landing numerous Scottish league and cup medals.
Known as 'Little Ant' he earned 32 caps for Northern Ireland with the pinnacle of his international career being the 1958 Sweden World Cup were he helped Peter Doherty's side to a quarter-final place.
He later took over as Northern Ireland manager from Doherty where he gave a certain George Best his international debut.
Bertie then took over the hot seat at his native Coleraine where he lead them to their only Irish League title in 1974 before turning to the administrative side of the game.
In his later year's he became a key member of the Northern Ireland Sports Council and was one of the architects behind the increasingly successful Milk Cup tournament which has grown to become one of the most important international youth competitions in the world.
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The Coleraine-born star began his career at Irish League club Glentoran before joining Celtic in 1949 where he enjoyed considerable success landing numerous Scottish league and cup medals.
Known as 'Little Ant' he earned 32 caps for Northern Ireland with the pinnacle of his international career being the 1958 Sweden World Cup were he helped Peter Doherty's side to a quarter-final place.
He later took over as Northern Ireland manager from Doherty where he gave a certain George Best his international debut.
Bertie then took over the hot seat at his native Coleraine where he lead them to their only Irish League title in 1974 before turning to the administrative side of the game.
In his later year's he became a key member of the Northern Ireland Sports Council and was one of the architects behind the increasingly successful Milk Cup tournament which has grown to become one of the most important international youth competitions in the world.
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