Trevor Brooking

Sir Trevor Brooking is the sort of figure I admire without reservation. A West Ham one-club man with 647 appearances, he scored the only goal in the 1980 FA Cup final, then spent decades giving back as a coach, pundit, and director of football development before being knighted. What strikes me is the consistency of character: dignified on the pitch and off it, never chasing the limelight, always serving the game. I am drawn to people whose legacy is built on class rather than spectacle, and Brooking embodies that English gentleman ideal. His devotion to a single club is something I genuinely find worth honoring.

Name (English)

Trevor Brooking

Name (Japanese)

トレヴァー・ブルッキング

Reading

とれゔぁー・ぶるっきんぐ

Born

October 2, 1948 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rat

Origin

Barking, United Kingdom

Height

184 cm

Occupation

association football player / autobiographer / association football coach / pundit / journalist

High school

Ilford County High School

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Knight Bachelor
• Member of the Order of the British Empire

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

Tags

• association football player
• autobiographer
• 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.