Scottish Sporting Legends by Robert Philip

Scottish Sporting Legends by Robert Philip

Scotland may not have won a World Cup (yet!), but many of the country’s sportsmen and women are revered as global legends, including Olympic and US Open champion Andy Murray and winner of six Olympic gold medals, Sir Chris Hoy. In football, the likes of Denis Law, ‘Slim’ Jim Baxter and Jimmy ‘Jinky’ Johnstone would not have looked out of place in the canary yellow of Brazil, while managers Sir Matt Busby, Bill Shankly and Jock Stein have become part of football folklore, as has Sir Alex Ferguson in more recent times. Amazingly, Scots have reached the top in just about every major sport: Jim Clark and Sir Jackie Stewart in Formula One; Andy Murray in tennis; Ken Buchanan and Benny Lynch in the boxing ring; Chris Hoy in cycling; sprinters Allan Wells and Eric Liddell on the Olympic track; and, as befits a nation renowned as ‘the home of golf’, Sandy Lyle was recognised as the greatest player on the planet upon winning the Masters in 1988. Scottish sport is the richest of tapestries and in Scottish Sporting Legends the cream of the crop are entertainingly profiled in a revealing collection of pen portraits of stars past and present.

A fine collection of tributes, anecdotes and favourite old stories brilliantly told * Daily Mail *
A great gift for the sports fan in your life. . well-written and entertaining * Scottish Field *

Robert Philip is an award-winning sports journalist with 30 years experience on Fleet Street, including 15 years as the chief sports columnist on the Daily Telegraph.

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ISBN 13	9781780575544
ISBN 10	1780575548
Titel	Scottish Sporting Legends
Autor	Robert Philip
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2012-10-04
Seitenanzahl	256
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