Alastair Brownlee

Teesside Titan 8

Name: Alastair "Ali" Brownlee

Born: 14 April 1959 (In Middlesbrough)

Died 14 February 2016 (aged 56)

Occupation: Radio presenter, 

Claim To Fame: Known as ‘ Mr Middlesbrough’ with his coverage of Middlesbrough F.C. for BBC Tees and Century FM

Thelma Barlow

Teesside Titan 7

Name: Thelma Barlow

Born: 9 June 1929 (age 88) (In Middlesbrough)

Occupation: Actress

Claim To Fame: Starred as Mavis Riley in Coronation Street from 1971 to 1997.

Barlow's next major role was in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies.

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Wilf Mannion

Teesside Titan 6

Name: Name: Wilf Mannion

Born: 1918 (In South Bank, Middlesbrough)

Died : 2000 (age 81)

Occupation: Footballer

Claim To Fame: The most capped England player for Middlesbrough FC winning 26 caps and scoring 11 goals. Played for the Great Britain football team that beat the Rest of Europe 6-1 in 1947. In 2004 it was announced he was being inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame at the National Football Museum.

Paul Daniels

Teesside Titan 5

Name: Name: Paul Daniels

Born: 1938 (In South Bank, Middlesbrough)

Died: 2016 (aged 77)

Occupation: Magician and Presenter

Claim To Fame: The most popular and famous magician of the modern age his TV show ran from 1979 to 1994

Mark Clemmit

Teesside Titan 4

Name: Mark Clemmit
Born: 1962 (In Middlesbrough)
Occupation: Broadcaster
Claim To Fame: BBC TV and radio football reporter 

Roy 'Chubby' Brown

Teesside Titan 3

Name: Roy 'Chubby' Brown
Born: 1945 (In Grangetown)
Occupation: Comedian
Claim To Fame: Free speaking style, non PC comedy. Sometimes controversial sarcastic blue humour

Steve Gibson

Teesside Titan 2

Name: Steve Gibson OBE
Born: 1958 (In Middlesbrough)
Occupation: Entrepreneur

Claim To Fame: Owner of Middlesbrough FC, he helped save the club from liquidation in 1986

Don Revie

Teesside Titan 1
Name: Don Revie
Born: 1927 (In Middlesbrough )
Died: 1989 (aged 61)
Occupation: Football Manager
Claim To Fame: Managed Leeds United 1961 - 1974 winning six major trophies.
Managed England 1974–1977