Don Revie

Don Revie is one of football's most consequential and divisive figures, and I lean toward admiration. Taking over a modest Leeds United in 1961 and forging it into a two-time league champion and FA Cup winner over thirteen years was an act of obsessive vision, not luck. He turned an unfashionable club into a feared European force before stepping up to manage England. His later choices drew controversy, but I judge a builder by what he builds, and Revie reshaped a club's entire identity. That he also wrote an autobiography hints at a man who knew his life was a story worth telling. A true architect of the English game.

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Name (English)

Don Revie

Name (Japanese)

ドン・レヴィー

Reading

どん・れゔぃー

Born

July 10, 1927 – May 26, 1989

Origin

Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach / autobiographer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Revie
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350795

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach
• autobiographer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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