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Interview with Brian R. Gant about Clive Charles and soccer in Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1398

Scope and Contents

This interview with Brian R. Gant was conducted by Katelyn Best on February 10, 2021, as research for "The House that Clive Built," an article by Best that was published in the Rose City Review on February 26, 2021. The interview was conducted over the phone and recorded using Audacity audio recording software.

In this interview, Gant discusses playing soccer with the Portland Timbers in the mid-1970s. He describes how the team changed after 1978. He talks about playing on the team with Clive Charles, about the camaraderie of the team, and about the team’s involvement in the Portland community. He discusses F.C. Portland, a soccer club that also coached kids in the summers and was begun by Clive Charles in 1985. He speaks at length about Clive Charles’s career as a soccer coach at the University of Portland, particularly for the women’s team, and describes how Charles’s work as a coach led to the increased popularity of soccer in Portland and the formation of the Portland Thorns women’s soccer team. He also talks about University of Portland player Tiffeny Milbrett. He shares the reasons why Charles remained in Portland rather than returning to England. He also talks about the soccer career of his niece, Portland Thorns player Christine Sinclair. He closes the interview by reflecting on the legacy of Clive Charles.

Dates

  • Creation: 2021 February 10

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Biographical note

Brian Reginald Gant was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, in 1952. From 1974 to 1976, he played soccer for the Vancouver Whitecaps, and from 1977 to 1982, he played for the Portland Timbers. He was a youth coach with F.C. Portland, a soccer club in Portland, Oregon.

Sources: Gant’s profile on the Canadian Soccer Association website, https://www.canadasoccer.com/profile/?id=1242&teamId=; information provided by Gant in his interview.

Extent

503 Megabytes (1 audio file (WAV, 49 min., 55 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Interview with Brian R. Gant conducted by Katelyn Best on February 10, 2021. Gant discusses the legacy of Clive Charles, who was a player for the Portland Timbers soccer team and later a coach at the University of Portland.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Katelyn Best, November 2021 (RL2021-098).

Publication note

An article based on this interview, "The House that Clive Built," by Katelyn Best, was published in Rose City Review on February 26, 2021, and is available online at https://rosecity.review/clive-charles-portland-woso/

General

An incomplete transcript (21 pages) is available for in-person use at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Title
Guide to the interview with Brian R. Gant about Clive Charles and soccer in Portland, Oregon
Status
Completed
Author
Sarah Stroman
Date
2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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