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Saint And Sinner

By Murphy/Wilson

Saint And Sinner

By Murphy/Wilson

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Nobody has ever been able to ignore Alex Murphy. In a glittering rugby league career stretching over forty years - from schoolboy days playing with St Helens to international success for Great Britain and years of glory as player coach and manager of a host of high-profile clubs including Wigan and Warrington - fame and controversy have always been present: Murphy's row with Wigan chairman and one-time friend Maurice Lindsay when he was accused of trying to strangle him with his own telephone cord; the time Syd Hines head-butted him at Wembley believing Murphy had taken a dive to get him sent off; his two tours including the 1958 'Battle of Brisbane' and how he 'spat the dummy' costing himself a third tour. . . All this and a further fund of tales from the tough world of rugby league is given Murphy's unique treatment in this uncompromising autobiography. SAINT AND SINNER is the tale of how a liittle man reached the summit of his sport and helped other little men along the way. The cocky kid - youngest ever to tour with Great Britain who could have chosen professional football as a career 'if it hadn't been too soft' - is known to millions today as Murph the Mouth: after-dinner speaker TV commentator outspoken newspaper columnist and now holder of the OBE whose love for rugby league has never dwindled.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2010-07-20
Publication Date:
2010-07-20
Publisher:
Mainstream Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
184596666X
ISBN13:
9781845966669
Weight:
356 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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