| 词条 | Doug Ellis |
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|honorific_prefix = Sir |name = Doug Ellis |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|OBE}} |image = Doug Ellis, 2014 (cropped).jpg |image_size = |caption = Doug Ellis, in 2014. |order = |office = Chairman of Aston Villa F.C. |term_start1 = 1982 |term_end1 = 2006 |predecessor1 = Ron Bendall |successor1 = Randy Lerner |term_start2 = 1968 |term_end2 = 1975 |predecessor2 = Norman Smith |successor2 = William Dugdale |birth_name = Herbert Douglas Ellis |birth_date = {{birth date|1924|1|3|df=y}} |birth_place = Hooton, England |death_date = {{death date and age|2018|10|11|1924|1|3|df=y}} |death_place = |occupation = President Emeritus (Life President) of Aston Villa |spouse = {{marriage|Audrey Slater|1946}}[1] {{marriage|Heidi Marie Kroeger|1963}}[1] |children = 3 (one son with Slater, two sons with Kroeger)[1] }}Sir Herbert Douglas Ellis, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|OBE}} (3 January 1924 – 11 October 2018)[2] was an English entrepreneur, best known as the chairman of Aston Villa Football Club. Ellis was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours List for charitable services.[3] Early life and careerEllis was born on 3 January 1924 in Hooton, Cheshire.[2] When he was three years old, his father, also named Herbert, died. His mother Jane did not remarry but worked to support him and his younger sister, and paid his fares to attend secondary school in Chester.[4] According to Ellis, he attended trials for a football career with Tranmere Rovers as a child, but chose to pursue his business career rather than football.[5] During World War II, he was based with the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and the experience of his first trip abroad inspired him to provide low-cost foreign holidays to people of a similar economic background.[2] Before he was 40, he had become a millionaire by pioneering package holidays to Spain,[6] with his company Sunflight.[4] Ellis met his first wife Audrey Slater in Ceylon in 1946. They had a son together and later divorced.[4] He married his second wife Heidi Kroeger in 1963, with whom he had two sons. He met the German courier in Benidorm when she was working for a rival company and persuaded her to join his corporation.[4] Aston VillaEllis was a controversial chairman and major shareholder of Aston Villa for two separate spells; the first being from 1968 to 1975. Ellis was replaced as chairman and finally ousted from the board in 1979. During his absence Aston Villa enjoyed its greatest period of success in modern times, winning the Football League title in 1981 and the European Cup in 1982. After his return they were relegated to the Second Division but ultimately were promoted again and enjoyed success in the 1990s with two League Cup triumphs as well as finishing runners-up in the league on two occasions.[1] Ellis returned as chairman in 1982 and remained there until selling to Randy Lerner in 2006. Some fans blame him for the decline of the club after the European Cup victory in 1981–82.[7] Within five years the club was relegated from the top flight, with many of the European Cup-winning team being sold to other teams, although it can be argued that this was due to large debts built up during the previous regime.[8] Ellis was nicknamed "Deadly Doug" by football pundit Jimmy Greaves, after sacking numerous managers during his tenures as chairman.[6] Aston Villa had 13 different managers during his two spells.[9][10] Only two won any trophies for the team – Ron Atkinson and Brian Little with the Football League Cup in 1994 and 1996 respectively.[1] In 1996, Ellis owned 47 percent of Aston Villa. In May 1997 the club floated on the stock market with a valuation of £126m.[11] Ellis sold a number of his shares at flotation, reducing his shareholding to around 39% of the total shares.[12] Ellis was reported to be the first football club director to pay himself a salary (in 2005 it was £290,000 after a 12% increase from the previous year) when it was made legal by The Football Association in the early 1980s.[10] He also served on the boards of Birmingham City, Derby County and Wolverhampton Wanderers (as chairman).[13] In 2004, at the age of 80 and suffering from prostate cancer, Ellis agreed to relinquish some of his control of the club by appointing Bruce Langham as chief executive. Langham resigned in May 2005, reportedly after a disagreement with Ellis. In 2005, he was appointed an OBE in the 2005 New Year Honours List.[14] Later that year he underwent a heart bypass operation and, after a three-month absence, returned to his role at Villa Park soon after the start of the 2005–06 season. By this time some supporters and former club managers criticised Ellis's alleged lack of ambition, noting that the club often struggled to bring in top players.[15][16] On 14 August 2006, it was announced that Ellis had agreed to sell the club to American billionaire, Randy Lerner in a deal worth £62.6 million.[17] Ellis stood aside when the takeover was completed on 19 September 2006, becoming a President Emeritus (Life President) of the club.[18] Honours and later lifeIn 1994, a stand at Villa Park was named after Ellis.[19] In January 2012 the Doug Ellis Learning Hub was opened at the University of Birmingham Medical School. Ellis donated £416,000 towards the feature.[20] In April 2013, the newly refurbished Sir Doug Ellis Woodcock Sports Centre at Aston University opened, featuring a new sports hall and squash courts. This work was partly funded by Ellis.[21] Also in 2012, Ellis donated £10,000 to the building of a new school gymnasium at Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls. In his letter to the school, he wrote: "You clearly have a school to be proud of … and I wish you every success in achieving your goal".[22] Ellis received an honorary degree from Aston University in July 2007.[23] On 4 March 2012, Ellis was knighted for his charity work.[24] He died on 11 October 2018, aged 94.[25] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |title=Sir Doug Ellis: A man who split opinion but forever had Aston Villa in his heart |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/aston-villa/2018/10/11/sir-doug-ellis-a-man-who-split-opinion-but-forever-had-aston-villa-in-his-heart/ |accessdate=11 October 2018 |work=Express & Star |date=11 October 2018}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellis, Doug}}2. ^1 2 {{cite news |last1=Glanville |first1=Brian |title=Sir Doug Ellis obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/oct/11/sir-doug-ellis-obituary |accessdate=11 October 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=11 October 2018}} 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=60009 |date=31 December 2011 |page=1 |supp=y }} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Graham |title=Tributes to legendary football club chairman who was born in Ellesmere Port |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/tributes-legendary-football-club-chairman-15267173 |accessdate=11 October 2018 |publisher=Cheshire Live |date=11 October 2018}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2343299/Ellis-loved-being-centre-stage.html |title=Ellis loved being centre stage |author=Mihir Bose |work=Daily Telegraph |date=15 Aug 2006}} 6. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/21/football.comment |date=21 July 2006 |work=The Guardian |title=The Guardian profile: Doug Ellis}} 7. ^Who is the Villain of the piece? - BBC Sport News, 18 July 2006 8. ^{{cite news |last1=Pye |first1=Steven |title=Remembering the last time Aston Villa were relegated |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2015/dec/31/aston-villa-relegation-1987-european-cup |accessdate=11 October 2018 |publisher=The Guardian |date=31 December 2015}} 9. ^{{cite web |title=Aston Villa Manager History |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=154&teamTabs=managers |website=Soccerbase |accessdate=11 October 2018}} 10. ^1 {{cite news |last1=Culf |first1=Andrew |title=The Guardian profile: Doug Ellis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/21/football.comment |accessdate=11 October 2018 |publisher=The Guardian |date=21 July 2006}} 11. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/aug/15/sport.comment2 |title=Ellis, relic of a vanishing breed, finally gets on his bike |author=David Lacey |work=The Guardian |date=15 August 2006}} 12. ^{{cite news |work=Birmingham Mail |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/interview-sir-doug-ellis-price-15266583 |title=An interview with Sir Doug Ellis - the price he paid for his devotion to Villa |date=1 October 2018}} 13. ^{{cite news |last1=Rodger |first1=James |title=Birmingham City fans put rivalry aside to pay classy tributes to Sir Doug Ellis |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/birmingham-city-fans-put-rivalry-15267835 |accessdate=11 October 2018 |publisher=The Birmingham Mail |date=11 October 2018}} 14. ^{{cite news |title=Ellis awarded New Year accolade |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4135083.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=2004-12-31 |accessdate=2007-08-31}} 15. ^Villa squad attack Ellis for lack of ambition {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716154627/http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/premiership/article1178580.ece |date=16 July 2006 }} - The Independent, 15 July 2006 16. ^[https://www.expressandstar.com/articles/sport/villa/article_91852.php O'Leary departure no surprise] - The Express and Star, 20 July 2006 17. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/18/randy-lerner-agrees-65m-sale-of-aston-villa-to-chinese-businessm/ |date=18 May 2016 |work=Daily Telegraph |title=Randy Lerner agrees £65m sale of Aston Villa to Chinese businessman Dr Tony Xia}} 18. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2018/10/11/rip-sir-doug-ellis |work=Aston Villa F.C. |date=11 October 2018 |title=RIP Sir Doug Ellis}} 19. ^{{cite news |title=Sir Doug Ellis: Former Aston Villa chairman dies aged 94 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45823730 |accessdate=11 October 2018 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 October 2018}} 20. ^{{Cite news |url=https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2010/September2010/MedicalSchoolRefurbishment.aspx |work=University of Birmingham |date=September 2010 |title=Medical School Refurbishment}} 21. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.aston.ac.uk/news/releases/2011/october/new-university-sports-centre-honours-former-villa-chairman/ |title=New University sports centre honours former Villa Chairman |date=4 October 2011 |work=Aston University}} 22. ^{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417030137/http://www.suttcold.bham.sch.uk/downloads/newsletter/2011-2012/feb12.pdf# |archivedate=17 April 2014 |title=SCGSG Newsletter |work=Sutton Coldfield School for Girls |url=http://www.suttcold.bham.sch.uk/downloads/newsletter/2011-2012/feb12.pdf |access-date=16 April 2014 |dead-url=no |df=dmy-all }} 23. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.aston.ac.uk/alumni/news/meet-our-alumni/50-aston-greats/doug-ellis/ |work=Aston University |title=50 Aston Greats: Sir Doug Ellis}} 24. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-16365005 |title=Ex-Villa chairman Doug Ellis knighted in New Year Honours|work=BBC News |date=31 December 2011}} 25. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-aston-villa-owner-sir-15266202|title=Former Aston Villa owner Sir Doug Ellis dies aged 94 - tributes pour in|first=Mat|last=Kendrick|date=11 October 2018|publisher=|accessdate=11 October 2018}} 13 : 1924 births|2018 deaths|Derby County F.C. directors|Aston Villa F.C. directors and chairmen|Birmingham City F.C. directors and chairmen|Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. directors and chairmen|People from Cheshire West and Chester|Knights Bachelor|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Tranmere Rovers F.C. players|Association footballers not categorized by position|Royal Navy personnel of World War II|People associated with Aston University |
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