Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anthony James Brien[1] | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Date of death | 1 August 2023 | (aged 54)||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1988 | Leicester City | 16 | (1) |
1988–1994 | Chesterfield | 204 | (8) |
1993–1995 | Rotherham United | 43 | (2) |
1995–1996 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | (0) |
1995–1996 | → Mansfield Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
1995–1996 | → Chester City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
1996–1998 | Hull City | 47 | (1) |
1998 | Stalybridge Celtic | ? | (?) |
Total | 278 | (12) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Anthony James Brien (10 February 1969 – 1 August 2023) was an Irish footballer who played in the Football League for Leicester City, Chesterfield, Rotherham United, West Bromwich Albion, Mansfield Town, Chester City and Hull City.[3]
Brien was born in Dublin, Ireland on 10 February 1969.[1]
In January 2017, amid the United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal, Brien alleged abuse by former Leicester City scout Ted Langford in the 1980s;[4][5] more detail emerged in September 2017, implicating former Aston Villa manager Graham Taylor in a cover-up of the abuse.[6]
Tony Brien died on 1 August 2023, at the age of 54.[7]