1. Clive Michael Charles was an English football player, coach and television announcer.
28 Facts About Clive Charles
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Clive Charles was one of five National Collegiate Athletic Association coaches to win more than 400 games.
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Clive Charles's father was a seaman from Grenada and his mother a white woman from Silvertown.
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Clive Charles began his career with West Ham United, where his brother John Clive Charles played.
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Clive Charles spent the last years of his playing career in the Major Indoor Soccer League, first with the Pittsburgh Spirits, then with the Los Angeles Lazers.
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Clive Charles spent his later life in the United States, coaching at the high school, collegiate and international levels in the Portland, Oregon area, primarily at Reynolds High School and the University of Portland.
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Clive Charles coached the US Men's National Team to the semifinals of the 2000 Summer Olympics, the farthest the US men had gone since 1904.
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Clive Michael Charles was born on 3 October 1951 in Bow, East London, England.
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Clive Charles's father was a merchant seaman originally from Grenada and his mother a white woman from Silvertown.
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Clive Charles grew up in a working-class neighbourhood playing street football.
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When he was 12 years old, Clive Charles began playing with the West Ham United youth teams and signed with the club as an apprentice when he turned 15.
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However, West Ham was stocked with talent and Clive Charles had difficulty finding playing time.
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Clive Charles was honoured as a second team NASL All Star in both of his seasons in Montreal.
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Clive Charles finished his career with Cardiff City in 1978, playing over 100 games and scoring 5 goals.
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Clive Charles remained with the Timbers through the 1981 outdoor season.
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Clive Charles was honoured by the Timbers during a game against the Seattle Sounders FC on 24 June 2012 by a large tifo held up by the Timbers Army prior to the start of the game.
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Clive Charles immediately retired from playing and moved his family back to Oregon.
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Clive Charles began his coaching as a young player in England, but he had no idea then the success coaching would bring to him.
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Clive Charles remained with Reynolds High School for three years before the University of Portland hired Clive Charles as its men's soccer coach in 1986.
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Clive Charles would continue coaching the UP teams until his death.
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In 1986, Clive Charles founded FC Portland, a local youth soccer club.
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Clive Charles spent several years as coach of the US U23 men's national team, culminating with the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Clive Charles coached the team to a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games and third place at the 1997 World University Games.
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Clive Charles served as an assistant coach of the United States men's national soccer team in the 1998 World Cup.
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Clive Charles was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000, and underwent weekly chemotherapy treatments to treat the disease.
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Clive Charles ultimately died of the cancer on 26 August 2003 in Portland.
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Clive Charles was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame that same year.
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Clive Charles is interred at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Portland.