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My Take
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.
Overview
Donald George Revie (10 July 1927 – 26 May 1989) was an English football player and manager. He is best known for managing Leeds United from 1961 until 1974, winning the Football League First Division twice and the FA Cup once, before being the England national football team manager for three years.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rabbit
- Origin
- Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach / autobiographer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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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 items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.