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My Take
Brian Clough is, to me, one of the most fascinating figures in football history, and the auto-tag calling him American made me laugh; he was English to his bones, a Middlesbrough man through and through. Winning the European Cup twice with Nottingham Forest, an unfashionable club, remains one of the sport's great miracles, and doing the league title with two different sides cements him among the all-time managers. What I love is the contradiction: brilliant, arrogant, funny, self-destructive, never given the England job he probably deserved. The OBE was earned. I genuinely wish I'd seen him work in his prime.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Brian Clough
- Name (Japanese)
- ブライアン・クラフ
- Reading
- ぶらいあん・くらふ
- Born
- March 21, 1935 – September 20, 2004
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Boar
- Origin
- Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
- Height
- 178 cm
- Occupation
- association football player / autobiographer / association football coach
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Brian Clough born?
March 21, 1935 – September 20, 2004.
Where is Brian Clough from?
Brian Clough is from Middlesbrough, United Kingdom.
What does Brian Clough do?
Brian Clough works as association football player, autobiographer, association football coach.
How tall is Brian Clough?
Brian Clough is 178 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.