SOCCER PLAYER

Craig Brown

1940 - 2023

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James Craig Brown (1 July 1940 – 26 June 2023) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. After his playing career with Rangers, Dundee and Falkirk was curtailed by a series of knee injuries, Brown entered management with Clyde in 1977. He then coached various Scotland youth teams until he was appointed Scotland manager in 1993. He held this position until 2001, the longest tenure for a Scotland manager, and they qualified for the UEFA Euro 1996 and 1998 FIFA World Cup tournaments. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Craig Brown is the 1,070th most popular soccer player (up from 8,095th in 2019), the 2,191st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,369th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Craig Brown ranks 1,070 out of 21,273. Before him are Domingos da Guia, Mauro Camoranesi, Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga, Josep Maria Fusté, Sergio Busquets, and Pietro Anastasi. After him are Pauleta, Akira Nishino, Michael Rummenigge, Vladimir Durković, Sadio Mané, and Karl Rappan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Craig Brown ranks 194. Before him are Luis Cubilla, Kipchoge Keino, Mirko Jozić, Wayne Dyer, Vito Acconci, and Vagif Mustafazadeh. After him are Stephen Kovacevich, Vyacheslav Ivankov, Franz Müntefering, Roger Pingeon, Ali Saibou, and Raoni Metuktire. Among people deceased in 2023, Craig Brown ranks 166. Before him are María Kodama, Petar Nadoveza, Luboš Kohoutek, Ken Block, Vera Krepkina, and Josep Maria Fusté. After him are Richard Roundtree, Martin Walser, Amitai Etzioni, Julian Sands, Andrés García, and George Pell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Craig Brown ranks 2,191 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Percy (1729), Tony Banks (1950), David Purley (1945), Israel Kirzner (1930), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), and Peter Capaldi (1958). After him are Rick Davies (1944), Jeanette (1951), Walter Crane (1845), Thomas Hicks (1876), Mitch Mitchell (1947), and William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1724).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Craig Brown ranks 64. Before him are Alan Smith (1980), Paul Gascoigne (1967), Ian St John (1938), Jack Charlton (1935), Kevin Phillips (1973), and Ron Harris (1944). After him are David Platt (1966), Cliff Jones (1935), Harry Gregg (1932), Alan Smith (1962), Andy Gray (1955), and Bobby Smith (1933).

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