{{Short description|English footballer (1931–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Use British English|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Brian Makepeace | image = | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1931|10|06}} | birth_place = Rossington, England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|06||1931|10|06}} | height = | position = Right-back | youthyears1 = –1949 | youthclubs1 = Rossington Miners Welfare | youthyears2 = 1949–1950 | youthclubs2 = Doncaster Rovers | years1 = 1951–1961 | clubs1 = Doncaster Rovers | caps1 = 353 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1962–1963 | clubs2 = Boston United | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 0 | totalcaps = 376 | totalgoals = 0 }}
'''Brian Makepeace''' (6 October 1931 – June 2024) was an English footballer who captained and played as a right-back for Doncaster Rovers.
==Career==
===Youth=== Whilst working at the pit, Makepeace played for Rossington Miners Welfare before moving to Jackie Bestalls Doncaster Rovers juniors in March 1949 as a 17-year-old.<ref name=drfc/><ref name=dfp/>
===Doncaster Rovers=== Makepeace's first game for the senior team was 17 February 1951<ref name=drfc/> when Doncaster lost 4–2 away at Ewood Park against Blackburn Rovers, leaving Doncaster in 9th place in Division Two.<ref name=mad/>
He later became club captain, and made a total of 378 appearances for Rovers in all competitions, without scoring a single goal.
He played for Boston United in the Midland League for the 1962–63 season.
On 28 December 2006, a testimonial match between a Doncaster XI and a fans XI was played for Makepeace. It was the last ever match to be played at Belle Vue.<ref name=drfcnews/>
==Personal life and death== His son-in-law is former West Bromwich Albion and Doncaster defender Paul Raven.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}
On 17 June 2024, Doncaster Rovers announced that Makepeace had died at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite press release | author = <!--Not stated--> | date = 17 June 2024 | title = Brian Makepeace 1931-2024 | url = https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2024/june/makepiece/ | location = Doncaster, England | publisher = Doncaster Rovers | access-date = 17 June 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|list <ref name=drfc>{{cite web|title=Brian Makepeace profile|url=http://www.doncasterrovers.co.uk/players/KtoM/Makepeace,Brian.htm|publisher=doncasterrovers.co.uk|accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> <ref name=mad>{{cite web|title=English Second Division 17th February 1951|url=http://www.doncasterrovers-mad.co.uk/snapshot_tables/1950_1951/17/feb/doncaster_rovers/index.shtml|publisher=Donny Mad|accessdate=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606152035/http://www.doncasterrovers-mad.co.uk/snapshot_tables/1950_1951/17/feb/doncaster_rovers/index.shtml|archive-date=6 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name=dfp>{{cite web|title=Expert corner:Brian Makepeace|url=http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/expert-corner-brian-makepeace-1-522020|publisher=Doncaster Free Press|accessdate=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225450/http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/expert-corner-brian-makepeace-1-522020|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name=drfcnews>{{cite web|title=Brian Makepeace testimonial match|url=http://www.doncasterrovers.co.uk/news/2006-2007/December_2006.htm|publisher=doncasterrovers.co.uk|accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> <ref name=dfp2>{{cite web|title=Raven tips Rovers to beat Coventry|url=http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/raven-tips-rovers-to-beat-coventry-1-519806|publisher=Doncaster Free Press|accessdate=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212154412/https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/raven-tips-rovers-to-beat-coventry-1-519806|archive-date=12 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> }}
==External links== *http://www.doncasterrovers.co.uk/players/KtoM/Makepeace,Brian.htm
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