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On This Day in Football: Brian Clough dies of cancer

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On this day in 2004, legendary football manager Brian Clough lost his fight with stomach cancer at the age of 69.

Clough was under ill health for several years and had a liver transplant in 2003.

As controversial as he was successful, Clough was the epitome of eccentricity. He began his footballing career with Middlesbrough back in 1951 as a teenager. Between 1955 and 1961, he appeared in 222 league matches for Boro scoring an astonishing 204 goals. He moved to Sunderland in ’61 where his prolific form in front of the goal continued and he scored 63 goals in 74 matches.