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Saint And Sinner: The Autobiography of a Rugby League Legend
£12.30
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.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Mainstream Publishing (20 July 2010) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 208 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 184596666X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1845966669 |
| Dimensions | 15.6 x 1.4 x 23.4 cm |
by gertie
Very interesting
by john bowden
Item as described, delivery time excellent, great seller, thank you!!
by Garry W.
Good, just as expected. Delivered on time.
by Mrs. M. A. Arthur
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by Amazon Customer
Tells the story of Alex’s career as both player and coach at club & country level. Inside story behind many RL myths/stories are revealed. If only Rugby League was still played like it was then! Must purchase for all RL fans.
by Derek J Bibby
Never was a book title more apt.There are characters in the game of rugby league and then there is Alex Murphy
A man who had more tricks than Tommy Cooper ask Syd Hines and the Aussie nation but a legend pure and simple
A man who can claim saint hood from both St Helens and Warrington fans must have something to say
This book is eminently more readable than most autobiographies if you want an appreciation of the game of rugby league buy it