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This collection of revealing profiles captures the essence of a galaxy of Welsh world-beaters from across the breadth of the sporting spectrum - athletics, boxing, cricket, football, golf, horse racing, motor racing, rugby union, rugby league and tennis.
Those featured include arguably the best Welsh rugby union player of the twentieth century; the greatest bowler never to play for England; the farmer's boy who became a master golfer; the Cardiff boy from Splott who made such a name for himself in Hull that they named a thoroughfare after him; the 'Gentle Giant' from Swansea still revered in Italy some 50 years after his last match for Juventus; the only post-war Welsh jockey to win the Grand National twice; and the unsung hero from the Rhondda who became the saviour of Manchester United in the weeks after the Munich air disaster.
These stories, based on exclusive interviews and coloured with anecdotes, ought to inspire future generations to believe that nothing is impossible.
Those featured include arguably the best Welsh rugby union player of the twentieth century; the greatest bowler never to play for England; the farmer's boy who became a master golfer; the Cardiff boy from Splott who made such a name for himself in Hull that they named a thoroughfare after him; the 'Gentle Giant' from Swansea still revered in Italy some 50 years after his last match for Juventus; the only post-war Welsh jockey to win the Grand National twice; and the unsung hero from the Rhondda who became the saviour of Manchester United in the weeks after the Munich air disaster.
These stories, based on exclusive interviews and coloured with anecdotes, ought to inspire future generations to believe that nothing is impossible.
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"Jackson . . . brings his subjects back into vivid focus" (Independent on Sunday)
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Veteran sports journalist Peter Jackson profiles 20 Welsh sporting greats
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- PublisherMainstream Publishing
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1845967763
- ISBN 13 9781845967765
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
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