Hardcover excellent condition no dust cover first edition1996 by Alan English
The Sporting Century looks in detail at 50 of the most extraordinary and remarkable of these events: Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics, Roger Bannister�s first four-minute mile, Brazil�s magical third World Cup win in 1970, Ian Botham�s single-handed demolition of the Australians in 1981. It also covers scandal and tragedy: the Munich air crash, the Hillsborough disaster, Ben Johnson�s disgrace in Seoul. These, too, played their part in moulding our collective sporting memories and rank among the century�s most memorable sporting stories.
Hardcover excellent condition no dust cover first edition1996 by Alan English
The Sporting Century looks in detail at 50 of the most extraordinary and remarkable of these events: Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics, Roger Bannister�s first four-minute mile, Brazil�s magical third World Cup win in 1970, Ian Botham�s single-handed demolition of the Australians in 1981. It also covers scandal and tragedy: the Munich air crash, the Hillsborough disaster, Ben Johnson�s disgrace in Seoul. These, too, played their part in moulding our collective sporting memories and rank among the century�s most memorable sporting stories.
