Bill Nicholson foi meio-campista e depois técnico do Tottenham, que levou à dobradinha de 1960-61 e à Recopa Europeia de 1963. O título europeu foi o primeiro de um clube britânico.
Bill Nicholson
Bill Nicholson was born in Scarborough, England, on January 26, 1919, and died on October 23, 2004. As a player, he played as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur between 1938 and 1955, with 314 matches and 6 goals, and was English champion in 1950-51. For the England national team, he played only once and scored a goal in 1951, against Portugal, in just the opening seconds of the match. As a coach at Tottenham between 1958 and 1974, he won the English title and the FA Cup in 1960-61, the first domestic double of the twentieth century in the country. He also won the FA Cup in 1962 and 1967, the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1963, the League Cup in 1971 and 1973, and the UEFA Cup in 1972. The 1963 achievement was the first European title for a British club.