Brian Clough.

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As a schoolboy, I have vague memories of him playing against City in the late fifties / early 60's when 'Boro were big rivals.

He always seemed to score and always incurred the wrath of City supporters - which he appeared to enjoy doing! Of course no-one had an idea he would go on to become a legend as a manager. Must have been quite a character.

Another prolific centre-forward from those years comes to mind - Tommy Johnston, who I recall as a Leyton Orient player but on looking at Wiki I see he played for 8 different clubs over 12 seasons scoring 256 goals in 425 appearances:

1949–1951 Kilmarnock 19 (17)
1951–1952 Darlington 27 (9)
1952 Oldham Athletic 5 (3)
1952–1954 Norwich City 60 (28)
1954–1956 Newport County 63 (46)
1956–1958 Leyton Orient 87 (70)
1958–1959 Blackburn Rovers 36 (22)
1959–1961 Leyton Orient 93 (51)
1961 Gillingham 35 (10)
Total 425 (256)

You'll notice he was with Orient twice, scoring 121 in 180 games. Another nasty bugger, too!

Any other old-timers recall seeing these guys?

[the other bob wilson]

As a schoolboy, I have vague memories of him playing against City in the late fifties / early 60's when 'Boro were big rivals.

He always seemed to score and always incurred the wrath of City supporters - which he appeared to enjoy doing! Of course no-one had an idea he would go on to become a legend as a manager. Must have been quite a character.

Another prolific centre-forward from those years comes to mind - Tommy Johnston, who I recall as a Leyton Orient player but on looking at Wiki I see he played for 8 different clubs over 12 seasons scoring 256 goals in 425 appearances:

1949–1951 Kilmarnock 19 (17)
1951–1952 Darlington 27 (9)
1952 Oldham Athletic 5 (3)
1952–1954 Norwich City 60 (28)
1954–1956 Newport County 63 (46)
1956–1958 Leyton Orient 87 (70)
1958–1959 Blackburn Rovers 36 (22)
1959–1961 Leyton Orient 93 (51)
1961 Gillingham 35 (10)
Total 425 (256)

You'll notice he was with Orient twice, scoring 121 in 180 games. Another nasty bugger, too!

Any other old-timers recall seeing these guys?

I make it that Brian Clough scored five times in eight appearances against City. We played Middlesbrough six times in the league in Division 2 between 1957 and 1960 and, although he played in all of them, he only scored in one match - he got both goals down here in a 2-0 win for Boro in 57/58, but it was another centre forward who would go on to play for England, Alan Peacock, who caused all the problems with a hat trick when we were beaten 4-1 in the reverse fixture. We next came up against Clough in our first ever League Cup tie in 60/61 when he scored twice at Ayresome Park, but couldn't prevent us winning 4-3 and the final time we faced him was after his move to Sunderland when he scored one of the goals in a 2-1 defeat at Roker Park in 62/63.

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I make it that Brian Clough scored five times in eight appearances against City. We played Middlesbrough six times in the league in Division 2 between 1957 and 1960 and, although he played in all of them, he only scored in one match - he got both goals down here in a 2-0 win for Boro in 57/58, but it was another centre forward who would go on to play for England, Alan Peacock, who caused all the problems with a hat trick when we were beaten 4-1 in the reverse fixture. We next came up against Clough in our first ever League Cup tie in 60/61 when he scored twice at Ayresome Park, but couldn't prevent us winning 4-3 and the final time we faced him was after his move to Sunderland when he scored one of the goals in a 2-1 defeat at Roker Park in 62/63.

Thanks for the information, interesting.