Ron Atkinson

"Big Ron" is far more than a punditry punchline to me. Before the microphone, Atkinson was "The Tank," a player so durable he still holds Oxford United's appearance record, then a manager who genuinely mattered, and finally the voice that lit up British living rooms through the 1990s and 2000s. Few people leave a real mark across all three roles of player, manager and broadcaster, and he did. His career carries glory and controversy in equal measure, but that's precisely what makes him a fully human figure rather than a sanitized icon. Larger-than-life characters like Atkinson are what gave English football its colour, and I respect that.

Name (English)

Ron Atkinson

Name (Japanese)

ロン・アトキンソン

Reading

ろん・あときんそん

Born

March 18, 1939 (age 87)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rabbit

Origin

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Occupation

association football player / television presenter / association football coach / sports commentator

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%88%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

Tags

• association football player
• television presenter
• association football coach

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.