Widely beloved Scottish football giant Craig Brown passed away on Monday and tributes have been pouring in for one of our game's most iconic figures.
Loved, respected and feared, Brown passed away at 82 after a battle with illness and is remembered as one of the great managers in Scottish football history. But he also goes remembered as a great man about whom no one within the game had a bad word to say.
At club level Brown famously managed Aberdeen as well as Motherwell, Clyde and Preston North End, but is most widely known for his time with the Scotland national team, where he led them out in front of 80,000 people against Brazil in the opening game of France 98. Paying tribute to him, Aberdeen said in a statement: "Everyone at Aberdeen FC is heartbroken by the loss of our beloved former manager, director and club ambassador, Craig Brown. A dear friend to us all, Craig will be sorely missed and our love and condolences are with his family at this terribly sad time."
