Born in 1939, the author worked on a farm until being called up for national service in the RAF. He later signed for 22 years in the RAF, working in Road Transport Operations with active service in Aden, Singapore, Cyprus and North Africa. He then worked for MOD doing the same job as a civilian for 23 years. Married with five grown up children has now had 3 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
You do not leave school one day and win an Olympic gold medal the next. This book is about 50 sporting champions and how they got started. It contains a biography of each followed by their career records. It shows in detail their achievements from school, youth, under 20, under 30, to seminar level,...
