The Daily Telegraph Book of Sports Obituaries

by Martin Smith (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.25

  This title of sports obituaries complements the series of Telegraph obituaries edited by Hugh Massingberd. It comprises of a collection of obituaries of sporting greats who played, competed and died in the 20th century: heroes such as Bill Shanky, Denis Compton, James Hunt, Fred Perry, Kitty Godfree and more. Together they reflect the sporting century and tell us something of the events that have shaped the last 100 years. The entries are gathered from both sports and the obituaries pages of the Telegraph and will tap into the resources of such by-lines as Michael Parkinson, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Donald Saunders. Martin Smith's introduction discusses the impact that the deaths of sporting heroes have on us: a part of our childhood has died and we allow ourselves a wallow in nostalgia.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.25

  Obituaries of 20th-century sporting greats from the Daily Telegraph. This varied and colourful collection features the obituaries of sporting greats who played, competed and died in the 20th century. Amonst them are some of the finest proponents their respective sports have ever seen: Denis Compton, Joe Di Maggio, W G Grace, Florence Griffith-Joyner. Helen Wills Moody, Bobby Moore, Ayrton Senna and Johnny Weissmuller. But here too are some lesser-known heroes who contributed to sport in other ways: Alf Twinn, boatman of the Cambridge University Boat Club for half a century; 'Jack Meyer', the founder-headmaster of Millfield, whose proteges included Duncan Goodhew and Gareth Edwards; Cissie Charlton, mother of Jack and Bobby; and Gottfried Dienst, the referee who officiated at the 1966 World Cup Final. As a collection, they recall the greatest moments of sporting achievement, highlight enormous changes in sport and chart the development of sports writing in the pages of the Telegraph.