Don Revie

Don Revie
OBE

Revie (left) with Billy Bremner after winning the 1972 FA Cup final
Personal information
Full name	Donald George Revie[1]
Date of birth	(1927-07-10)10 July 1927
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England
Date of death	26 May 1989(1989-05-26) (aged 61)
Place of death	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s)	Deep-lying centre forward
Youth career
	Newport Boys' Club
	Middlesbrough Swifts
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1944–1949	Leicester City	96	(25)
1949–1951	Hull City	76	(12)
1951–1956	Manchester City	148	(35)
1956–1958	Sunderland	64	(15)
1958–1962	Leeds United	76	(11)
Total		460	(98)
International career
1953	The Football League XI	1	(3)
1954	England B	1	(0)
1954–1955	England	6	(4)
Managerial career
1961–1974	Leeds United
1974–1977	England
1977–1980	United Arab Emirates
1980–1984	Al-Nasr
1984	Al-Ahly
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Donald George Revie OBE (10 July 1927 – 26 May 1989) was an English footballer 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.

A forward, he began his career with Leicester City in August 1944, before 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 the 1954–55 season, 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 that had never won a major trophy. Under Revie's management, Leeds became a major force in English football, winning the Second Division in the 1963–64 season, the First Division in the 1968–69 and 1973–74 seasons, 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, three times 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 the England manager. He had an unsuccessful three years in the role before quitting in highly controversial circumstances to take 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 his teams' physical and often negative approach, 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 unproved allegations of bribery and financial misconduct 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 and a statue outside the ground.