Allan Harris

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playername= Allan Harris
fullname = Allan Harris
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1942|12|28
cityofbirth = Hackney, London
countryofbirth = England
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position = Defender
years = 1960-64
1964-66
1966-67
1967-71
1971-73
1973-74
1976
clubs = Chelsea
Coventry City
Chelsea
Queens Park Rangers
Plymouth Argyle
Cambridge United
St Patrick's Athletic
caps(goals) = 70 (0)
60 (0)
14 (0)
94 (0)
64 (0)
6 (0)
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Allan Harris (born December 28, 1942 in Hackney, London) was a footballer with Chelsea, Coventry City and QPR. His brother Ron was also a footballer for Chelsea.

Harris was a full-back and began his career with Chelsea, for whom he played 70 league games in his first stint with the club. He joined Coventry in 1964, spending two years there, before briefly returning to Chelsea again, where he played in their 1967 FA Cup final loss to Tottenham Hotspur. In 1967 he moved to QPR as a replacement for Jim Langley and made his debut in August that year against Portsmouth. Harris was a member of the 1967-68 side that won promotion to the First Division for the first time in the club's history.

Harris played 94 league games for QPR before transferring to Plymouth Argyle in 1971, and later played for Cambridge United. He signed for St Patrick's Athletic in February 1976 along with Terry Venables and made his debut on the 22nd [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/archive/1976/0223/Pg004.html#Ar00412:79CB997DDBAE72EBB4771BC98B8BA28FABB776AB99792BAE] .

After retiring from playing Harris went on to be assistant manager to Venables at Crystal Palace, QPR (helping the team get to the FA Cup Final in 1982 and promotion to the First Division in 1982-83) and FC Barcelona. He also led Egyptian giants El Ahly to the African Cup as Champions.

He was the national coach of Malaysia national football team from December 2000-2004.