Brian Kidd

Brian Kidd, English footballer and manager

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Born: May 29, 1949
Age in 2026: 77
Zodiac sign: Gemini
Birth year: 1949

About Brian Kidd

Brian Kidd is an English football coach and former player, who won the European Cup in 1968 with Manchester United. He was most recently assistant coach of Premier League club Manchester City. Together with Mancini and City's first team coach David Platt, Kidd raced on to the pitch to celebrate Sergio Agüero's title-winning goal for City. In the 2011 FA Cup Final, Manchester City won their first major trophy for 35 years after beating Stoke City 1–0. Kidd then became involved in coaching young players before being brought back to Manchester United as a youth team coach by Alex Ferguson in 1988.

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Brian Kidd timeline

1988Kidd then became involved in coaching young players before being brought back to Manchester United as a youth team coach by Alex Ferguson in 1988.
2011In the 2011 FA Cup Final, Manchester City won their first major trophy for 35 years after beating Stoke City 1–0.

The world when Brian Kidd was born

Brian Kidd was born in 1949. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1949

#1 song"Riders in the Sky" – Vaughn Monroe
Top movieAll the King's Men
Top TV showTexaco Star Theater
Best-selling bookThe Egyptian - Mika Waltari

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentJoe Louis retires from boxing as undefeated heavyweight champion
Top headlineNATO established
Technology milestoneFirst stored-program computer runs its first program
Defining fadSilly Putty
Notable inventionSilly Putty
World population2.52 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderHarry S. Truman
Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
Also wonMinneapolis Lakers (BAA)
U.S. population149.2M

1949 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Brian Kidd's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1949	2026
Gas	$0.27	$3.45/gal
Average home	$8,400	$435,000
Average income	$5,000	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.40	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.46	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	149.2M	341 million

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