Willie John McBride is a rugby legend - the boy from Ballymena in Northern Ireland who became captain of the Ireland rugby team and captain of the British Lions for their unbeaten tour against South Africa in 1974. He has remained at the centre of rugby life ever since. During an international career lasting from 1962-75, Willie John played 17 tests for the Lions and was capped 63 times (12 as captain) by Ireland. Later coaching and managing the Lions and Ulster, he was awarded the MBE for services to rugby football in 1971. His book records Willie John's amazing successes and also reveals that his life was not always as happy and straightforward as on the rugby field. He recounts and reveals details of his life from family tragedies to how he had to sleep with two bodyguards at the door during the Troubles. Throughout the book are many of Willie John's wonderful stories, for which he is justly famous.
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illustrations, (some colour )
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 146 mm
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978-0-7499-5024-8 (9780749950248)
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Willie John McBride MBE is one of the most famous and best-loved rugby players of all time. He played from 1962-75, and captained the British Lions for their unbeaten tour in 1974. He is a popular speaker at dinners and rugby events in Ireland, England, and around the world. He lives in Ballyclare in Northern Ireland. Peter Bills is an award-winning sports writer who has written on rugby and watched the game throughout the world. Now a rugby writer for the Daily Mail, he is a former editor of Rugby World and Rugby News, where he was voted Magazine Sports Writer of the Year. He lives in Bath, Somerset.
