death_date nationalcaps manageryears birth_date years death_place caps goals nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position managerclubs article_title
26 may 1989 1 1 6 1961 1980 -- 1984 1984 -- 1985 -- 1974 1974 -- 1977 1977 -- 1980 10 july 1927 1951 -- 1956 1956 -- 1958 1958 -- 1962 edinburgh , scotland 96 76 148 64 76 25 12 35 15 11 1953 1954 1954 -- 1955 don revie and billy bremner.jpg don revie revie the 1972 fa cup final -lrb- left -rrb- with billy bremner after winning donald george revie middlesbrough , england the football league xi england b england 5 11 460 98 3 0 4 newport boys ' club middlesbrough swifts newport leeds united boys ' club middlesbrough swifts manchester city sunderland deep-lying centre forward leeds united england united arab emirates al-nasr al-ahly don revie

don revie

donald george `` don '' revie , obe -lrb- 10 july 1927 -- 26 may 1989 -rrb- , was an england international footballer and manager .
a forward , he began his career with leicester city in august 1944 , before winning a # 19,000 move to hull city in november 1949 .
he was sold on to manchester city in october 1951 for a fee of # 25,000 , where he became the main focus of the `` revie plan '' which saw him named as fwa footballer of the year in 1954 -- 55 after innovating the role of the first deep-lying centre forward in england .
he won the fa cup in 1956 , having finished on the losing side in the 1955 final .
he was bought by sunderland for # 22,000 in october 1956 , before moving on to leeds united in november 1958 for a # 14,000 fee .
in total he scored 108 goals in 501 league and cup appearances in an 18-year professional career , also scoring four goals in six england appearances as well as winning representative honours for the football league xi and the england b team .
in march 1961 , revie was appointed player-manager of leeds united , then a second division club who had never previously won a major trophy .
under revie 's management , leeds became a major force in english football , winning the second division in 1963 -- 64 , the first division in 1968 -- 69 and 1973 -- 74 , the fa cup in 1972 , the league cup in 1968 , the fa charity shield in 1969 , and the inter-cities fairs cup in 1968 and 1971 .
additionally , leeds were first division runners-up five times , thrice fa cup runners-up and runners-up in the inter-cities fairs cup and the european cup winners ' cup .
in july 1974 he accepted the job as england manager , but had an unsuccessful three years in the role before quitting in highly controversial circumstances to take up the management role with the united arab emirates .
he later had spells in middle eastern club football with al-nasr and al-ahly .
as leeds manager he was criticised for the physical and often negative approach of his teams , though the period was noted for its highly physical football across the country .
his resignation as england manager fuelled criticism of him as money-obsessed , and unproven allegations of bribery and financial misconduct also tarnished his reputation .
he retired in 1984 , but was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in may 1987 , which led to his death two years later .
he remains a highly popular figure in leeds , and has a stand named after him at elland road as well as a statue outside the ground .
