Football (Soccer) Manager. Considered a legend in English football, he was born in Middlesbrough in 1927 and first signed as a footballer for Leicester City in 1944. From there, he went on to play for Hull City in 1949, Manchester City in 1951, Sunderland in 1956, and Leeds United in 1958. He won six caps for England, was English Footballer of the Year in 1955, and won an FA Cup winners medal with Manchester City in 1956. At Manchester City, the playing tactic of using a deep-lying center-forward (Revie's position, evolved from the more traditional inside-right), and based on the style of the successful Hungarian national team, became known as the "Revie plan." He was made player-manager on his arrival at Leeds United, and, after an initial slow start, developed the team that would by the early 1970s be the major force in English football. He was named English Manager of the Year in 1969, 1970, and 1972, and was awarded the OBE in 1970. As manager of Leeds, Revie won the Championship in the 1968-1969 and 1973-1974 seasons, League Cup Winners in 1968, Fairs Cup Winners in 1968 and 1971, the FA Cup in 1972, and the FA Charity Shield in 1972. In 1974, Revie was offered the job of England National Football Manager, but was unable to reproduce the success he had enjoyed at Leeds. In 1977, he controversially quit the role to become Coach to the United Arab Emirates. The FA suspended him on a charge of bringing the game into disrepute, which Revie successfully overturned in court. After leaving the UAE coaching role in 1980, he took over management of Al Nasr, followed in 1984 by the Egyptian club Al Al of Cairo. In 1988, he revealed that he was suffering from motor neuron disease, and he died in 1989.