Brian Clough
Personal information
Full name	Brian Howard Clough
Date of birth	21 March 1935(1935-03-21)
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, England
Date of death	20 September 2004 (aged 69)
Place of death	Derby, England
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
1951–1952	Middlesbrough
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1955–1961 1961–1964	Middlesbrough Sunderland Total	212 (197) 061 0(54) 273 (251)
National team
1957–1958 1957 1959	England U23 England B England	003 00(1) 001 00(1) 002 00(0)
Teams managed
1965–1967 1967–1973 1973–1974 1974 1975–1993	Hartlepool United Derby County Brighton & Hove Albion Leeds United Nottingham Forest
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Brian Clough (21 March 1935 – 20 September 2004) was a former Sunderland A.F.C. striker and English football manager. Brian Clough's spell at sunderland lasted from 1961–1964, his playing career ending through a serious injury. Ironically Brian Clough as a manager purchased Roy Keane from Cobh Ramblers. At Forest Brian Clough would often let Keane every so often go back to Ireland to visit his family as he found life living away from home hard his young age.

Brian Clough died of Stomach cancer in 2004 at the age of 69.