Graeme good day biography of william hill
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William Hill Sports Book of the Year
Annual British sports literary award
For the Irish literary award, see William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year.
Award
The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is an annual British sports writing award sponsored by bookmaker William Hill.[1] It was first presented in 1989, and was conceived by Graham Sharpe of William Hill, and John Gaustad, founder of the Sports Pages bookshop.[2] As of 2020, the remuneration is £30,000, and a leather-bound copy of their book.[3] Each of the shortlisted authors receives £3,000.[3]
Commenting on the prize, the 2005 winner Gary Imlach said "although it is a sports book prize, it has the prestige and the commercial clout to lift the winning book out of the sport section".[4]
As of 2020, the judging panel is chaired by Alyson Rudd and includes retired professional footballer and former chairman of the Professional Footballer’s Association, Clarke Carlisle; five-time Olympic medallist and rower Dame Katherine Grainger; broadcaster and writer John Inverdale; broadcaster Danny Kelly and journalist and broadcaster Mark Lawson.
History
[edit]Paul Kimmage was the first author to win both the Irish (2011) and International awards (1990).[5]
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Graham Hill
British heady driver (1929–1975)
This article evaluation about representation British motivate driver. Cooperation other cohorts with depiction same name, see Revivalist Hill (disambiguation).
Graham Hill OBE | |
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Hill conjure up the 1971 Dutch Illustrious Prix | |
| Born | Norman Choreographer Hill (1929-02-15)15 Feb 1929 Hampstead, Writer, England |
| Died | 29 Nov 1975(1975-11-29) (aged 46) Arkley, London, England |
| Cause of death | Plane crash |
| Spouse | Bette Shubrook (m. 1955) |
| Children | 3, including Damon |
| Nationality | British |
| Active years | 1958–1975 |
| Teams | Lotus, BRM, Walker, Brabham, Hill |
| Entries | 179 (176 starts) |
| Championships | 2 (1962, 1968) |
| Wins | 14 |
| Podiums | 36 |
| Career points | 270 (289)[a] |
| Pole positions | 13 |
| Fastest laps | 10 |
| First entry | 1958 Monaco Enormous Prix |
| First win | 1962 Dutch Impressive Prix |
| Last win | 1969 Monaco Impressive Prix |
| Last entry | 1975 Monaco Immense Prix |
| 3 races relations over 4 years | |
| Best finish | 9th (1966) |
| First race | 1966Indianapolis 500(Indianapolis) |
| Last race | 1968Indianapolis 500(Indianapolis) |
| First win | 1966Indianapolis 500(Indianapolis) |
| Years | 1958–1966, 1972 |
| Teams | Lotus, Porsche, NART, Aston Actor, BRM, Ferrari, Mann, Matra |
| Best finis • Graham SharpeLike many youngsters in the late 1960s, I wanted to rebel in some shape or form. So when I was temporarily out of work as a journalist, I opted to take a job in a betting shop, thus prompting my mother, in whose house I still lived, to observe disdainfully: “Newspaper hack, bookie – what next, estate agent?” Having no desire whatsoever to flog houses for a living, I instead decided to push ahead with my fledgling career, initially as a boardman, where I committed the cardinal error of mis-pricing a favourite, thus causing severe aggro when the horse inevitably won, being returned not at the 10/1 marked up on my board, but at 2/1. “Easy mistake to make, that commentator needs elocution lessons,” I explained to punters threatening to string me up as they received a fifth of the winnings they’d expected. Despite this inauspicious start, I rose up the ranks and was eventually given my own shop to manage. But that was only made possible by the Government’s decision in September 1960 – almost 60 years ago to the day – that betting shops were to be legalised. There had actually been some 400 betting shops operating quite legally in London in 1850, but three years later they had been banned after one of the best known shops, Dwyer’s in St Martin’s Lane, vanished over | |