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9781408702161

Fields of Courage Great Tales of Sporting Heroism

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    9781408702161

  • ISBN10:

    1408702169

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-04-12
  • Publisher: Little, Brown UK
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Summary

The history of sport is littered with tales of exemplary courage: sportsmen and women pushing their bodies through the pain barrier, or defying career-threatening injuries, in quest of victory. From the goalkeeper who played in a FA Cup Final with a broken neck to the batsman who saved a Test match with his arm in plaster, their heroics have inspired generations of schoolchildren. But courage is as much a moral as a physical attribute. Some of the most inspiring chapters in sport feature men and women of principle who have challenged authority, fought prejudice or simply had the guts to confess to weaknesses that went against the grain of their profession. Ben Hogan, Jackie Robinson, Marcus Trescothick, Billie-Jean King, Eric Lidell . . . Max Davidson's cavalcade of sporting heroism celebrates virtues that transcend winning and losing -- and explains why sport at its best is so inspirational.

Author Biography

Max Davidson is the author of It's Not the Winning That Counts: The Most Inspiring Moments of Sporting Chivalry.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. xi
Watching with Motherp. 1
'You Should Be Dead'p. 10
The Mouse That Roaredp. 17
'The Best Break I Ever Had'p. 22
'My Father Thought I Was Being a Bit Unwise'p. 28
The Battle of Nantesp. 34
Henry Olonga and Those Armbandsp. 39
Black Ajaxp. 44
The Death Matchp. 50
'In My Dream, I Only Came Second'p. 56
The Wee Ice Monp. 61
Keeping the Show on the Roadp. 66
Daring to Barep. 71
The Guts Not to Fight Backp. 77
The Flying Scotsmanp. 83
A Manager Earns His Cornp. 88
'Get Me a Real Australian'p. 93
The Letter That Changed Tennisp. 98
The Ballad of Haydn Buntonp. 103
The One-Armed Banditp. 109
The Brylcreemed Warriorp. 115
'Just One of Those Things'p. 121
Blind Ambitionp. 125
Clearing the Final Fencep. 131
'These Are the Olympics - You Die for Them'p. 136
Send in the Clownsp. 141
Taking the Bulletsp. 146
Shuffling into the History Booksp. 151
The Man Who Gave the World High-Fivesp. 157
Winning the Battle of the Sexesp. 162
'No Matter How I Do, My Mother Will Still Love Me'p. 169
The Cinderella Manp. 174
The Iron Horsep. 179
'Life Goes On'p. 185
Busting a Lungp. 191
'What Happened to the Bull?'p. 195
The Better Part of Valourp. 199
'I Had a Decision to Make'p. 203
Chucking out the Chuckersp. 209
'I Just Tell It Like It Is'p. 215
When Sport Came Secondp. 221
'Just Standing on the Track Felt Like Winning'p. 226
Getting Back in the Saddlep. 231
Defying the Oddsp. 236
'It Were Nowt More Than a Sore Throit'p. 241
'How Could I Explain Something I Couldn't Understand?'p. 247
A Flipping Marvelp. 252
'I Felt a Hand on My Shoulder'p. 258
The Indomitablesp. 262
The Lone Soldierp. 266
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