Digging Deep (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by Biteback Publishing, London, 2026
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Hardcover. The greatest game you've never heard of.Who was the best Brazilian footballer of all time? Easy Pele. Argentina? Maradona or Messi. Portugal? Ronaldo. England? Bobby Charlton.But who was the greatest Jewish footballer ever? Thats a question to send even the most historically literate football nerds into an uncharacteristic silence.And yet, before the Holocaust, Jewish talent was at the very heart of European football. Jews were among the superstar players who drew tens of thousands to stadiums as well as the visionary coaches revolutionising tactics, the administrators professionalising the modern game, and even the elite referees, not to mention the hordes of passionate fans.Digging Deep excavates a destroyed civilisation to reveal the untold stories of men who were icons one minute and marked for extermination the next. Setting exhilarating sporting triumphs against the harrowing backdrop of twentieth-century history, it restores eleven forgotten greats to their rightful place in the football pantheon.More than a sports book, this is a journey through the prism of the magnificent game to find the human stories within the savage reality of the Holocaust. Digging Deep excavates a destroyed civilisation to reveal the untold stories of men who were icons one minute and marked for extermination the next. Setting exhilarating sporting triumphs against the harrowing backdrop of twentieth-century history, it restores eleven forgotten greats to their rightful place in the football pantheon. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Digging Deep (Hardcover)
- Author
- David Bolchover
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing, London
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1837360324
- ISBN 13
- 9781837360321
Who was the greatest Jewish footballer ever? A question to leave even the most historically literate football experts scratching their heads.
And yet, before the Holocaust, Jewish superstar players were at the heart of European football. So too were the visionary Jewish coaches reinventing tactics; the Jewish footballing pioneers who shaped the modern game; and even the elite Jewish referees trusted with the biggest matches.
Digging Deep excavates a destroyed civilisation. It reveals the untold stories of eleven Jewish football greats – icons one minute and marked for extermination the next. Setting exhilarating sporting triumphs against the gathering darkness of twentieth-century Europe, it restores these forgotten men to their rightful place in the football pantheon.
More than a sports book, this is a journey through the beautiful game into the savage reality of the Holocaust – tracing human sagas that speak of ambition and glory, identity and belonging, terror and murder.
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About the Author
David Bolchover is an internationally published author. His previous book, The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide to Football Glory, tells the story of the legendary Jewish football coach and Holocaust survivor, Béla Guttmann. Translated into several languages, it was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. David has also published three high-profile business books, and has written numerous opinion columns for several leading newspapers, including The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Financial Times.
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