The Book of Sports List
About this book
Which sportsman refused the Oxford University Chair of Poetry? What do Ian Botham, Geoff Capes, Barry Sheene and Bob Taylor have in common? What does Giant Haystacks have for his midday meal? Which was Lester Piggott's favourite horse?All these questions - and scores more - are answered in over 200 diverse sporting lists. Anything related to sport, however loosely, comes within the scope of this book: top speeds, dead heard, bad sports, riots, insults, drugs, gambling disqualifications, Casanovas, millionaires, swindlers, memorable blinders, peculiar fan letters, premature victory celebrations... Here, a wealth of detail has been uncovered, often surprising, sometimes bizarre, about a wide range of sports personalities, many of whom have contributed their own personal lists.