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Ron Atkinson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ronald Franklin "Ron" Atkinson
English footballer, manager and commentator (born 1939)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Duncan Edwards
- 91
- Manager
- Aston Villa Greatest Games
- A Different Ball Game
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Film & TV
Acting · Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
English former football player and manager.
Known for
- Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story — Self2021
- The United Way — Self2021
- When Football Changed Forever - The Story of the 1991/1992 Football Division One Season — Self2016
- First Among Equals: The Laurie Cunningham Story — Self2013
- Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side — Self2011
- Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2008 — Self2008
- What Ron Said2004
- Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2002 — Self (Manager 1981-86)2002
- Celebrity Big Brother — Self2001
- Big Ron Bites Back1998
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1939
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 18
- Total plays
- 79
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Ronald Franklin Atkinson, commonly known as "Big Ron" or "Racist Ronnie" (born 18 March 1939) is an English former football player and manager. In recent years he has become one of Britain's best-known football pundits. He is perhaps most famous for his idiosyncratic turn of phrase: his utterances have become known as "Big-Ronisms" or "Racism", the most famous of which is the term "lazy fat nigger" (English: under-performing African), which has worked its way into the English vernacular - althou
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
· 1998 · cited 16,012x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,738x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,177x
- IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP
· 2013 · cited 9,517x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,222x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- 1956
- BSA Tools
- 1999
- Nottingham Forest
- Full name
- Ronald Frederick Atkinson
- Date of birth
- ( 1939-03-18 ) 18 March 1939 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Liverpool , England
- Position
- Wing half
- 1956 1959
- Aston Villa
- Years
- Team
- 1959 1971
- Oxford United
- 1971 1974
- Kettering Town
- 1974 1978
- Cambridge United
- 1978 1981
- West Bromwich Albion
- 1981 1986
- Manchester United
- 1987 1988
- West Bromwich Albion
- 1988 1989
- Atlético Madrid
- 1989 1991
- Sheffield Wednesday
- 1991 1994
- Aston Villa
- 1995 1996
- Coventry City
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- date of birth
- 1939-03-18
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Ronald Frederick Atkinson (born 18 March 1939) is an English former football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Ron", he was regarded as one of Britain's best-known football pundits in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Nicknamed "The Tank" during his playing career, he represented Oxford United for twelve years, and still holds the club record for appearances. As a manager, he won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 1983 and 1985 and the Football League Cup with Sheffield Wednesday in 1991 and Aston Villa in 1994.