Bob Hardisty

John Roderick Elliot "Bob" Hardisty was an English amateur footballer who represented Great Britain men's [Olympic football team|Great Britain] at the Summer [Olympic Games|Olympics] in 1948 [Summer Olympics|1948], 1952 and 1956, making a total of six appearances.
Hardisty spent the majority of his career with Bishop Auckland, winning the Northern [League (football)|Northern League] seven times. Hardisty also won the FA Amateur Cup three times between 1955 and 1957.
Hardisty also made 6 appearances in the Football League for Darlington between 1946 and 1949.
Hardisty briefly came out of retirement in 1958 to play for United F.C.|Manchester United] following the Munich air disaster, although he never made a league appearance for them.
Hardisty later became a football coach and worked with Matt Busby.
He was portrayed by the actor Liam Shannon in the 2011 BBC TV drama United.