Editing Ron Atkinson (section)

{{short description|Football player and manager}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Ron Atkinson
| image          = Atkinson, Ron.jpg
| caption         = Atkinson in 2019
| fullname       = Ronald Frederick Atkinson<ref name="PFA 32">{{Cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005 |year=2005 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |isbn=9781852916657 |page=32 }}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1939|3|18|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Liverpool]], England
| position       = [[Wing half]]
| youthyears1    = |youthclubs1 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
| youthyears2    = –1956 |youthclubs2 = BSA Tools
| youthyears3    = 1956–1959 |youthclubs3 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
| years1         = 1959–1971 |clubs1 = [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]]{{efn|Changed name from Headington United to Oxford United in 1960}} |caps1 = 560 |goals1 = 21
| manageryears1  = 1971–1974 |managerclubs1  = [[Kettering Town F.C.|Kettering Town]]
| manageryears2  = 1974–1978 |managerclubs2  = [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]]
| manageryears3  = 1978–1981 |managerclubs3  = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
| manageryears4  = 1981–1986 |managerclubs4  = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| manageryears5  = 1987–1988 |managerclubs5  = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
| manageryears6  = 1988–1989 |managerclubs6  = [[Atlético Madrid]]
| manageryears7  = 1989–1991 |managerclubs7  = [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
| manageryears8  = 1991–1994 |managerclubs8  = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
| manageryears9  = 1995–1996 |managerclubs9  = [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
| manageryears10 = 1997–1998 |managerclubs10 = [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
| manageryears11 = 1999      |managerclubs11 = [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]
}}
'''Ronald Frederick Atkinson''' (born 18 March 1939) is an English former [[Association football|football]] player and [[Manager (association football)|manager]]. Nicknamed '''"Big Ron"''',<ref>{{cite news |last=McGavin |first=Harvey |date=22 April 2004 |title=Ron Atkinson quits ITV after his racist remarks are heard on air |work=The Independent |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/ron-atkinson-quits-itv-after-his-racist-remarks-are-heard-on-air-560834.html |access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Bishop |first=Rob |date=18 March 2014 |title=ATKINSON AT 75: BEHIND-THE-SCENES AT VILLA WITH BIG RON |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2014/03/18/atkinson-at-75-behind-the-scenes-at-villa-with-big-ron |accessdate=27 January 2022 |publisher=Aston Villa F.C.}}</ref> 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 F.C.|Oxford United]] for twelve years, and still holds the [[List of Oxford United F.C. records and statistics|club record]] for appearances.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10632929.Ex_U_s_boss_____I_can___t_believe_my_pal_Ron_has_gone_in_the_Celebrity_Big_Brother_house___/|title=Ex-U's boss: 'I can't believe my pal Ron has gone in the Celebrity Big Brother house'|date=24 August 2013|work=Oxford Mail}}</ref> As a manager, he won the [[FA Cup]] with [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in [[1982–83 FA Cup|1983]] and [[1984–85 FA Cup|1985]] and the [[EFL Cup|Football League Cup]] with [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] in [[1990–91 Football League Cup|1991]] and [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] in [[1993–94 Football League Cup|1994]].