Interview with Brian R. Gant about Clive Charles and soccer in Portland, Oregon
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
- 2021 February 10
Creator
- Gant, Brian R. (Brian Reginald), 1952- (Interviewee, Person)
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
General
An incomplete transcript (21 pages) is available for in-person use at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
- Charles, Clive M. (Clive Michael), 1951-2002
- Gant, Brian R. (Brian Reginald), 1952-
- Milbrett, Tiffeny, 1972-
- Oral Histories
- Portland
- Portland Thorns (Soccer team)
- Portland Timbers (Soccer team)
- Sinclair, Christine, 1983-
- Soccer -- Oregon -- Portland
- Soccer coaches -- Oregon -- Portland
- Soccer for women -- Coaching -- Oregon -- Portland
- Soccer players -- Oregon -- Portland
- Soccer teams -- Oregon -- Portland
- Sports and Recreation
- University of Portland -- Soccer
- Women soccer players -- Oregon -- Portland
- interviews
- oral histories (literary genre)
Creator
- Gant, Brian R. (Brian Reginald), 1952- (Interviewee, Person)
- Best, Katelyn (Interviewer, Person)
- 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
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