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Redhead with Fire in His Boots - My Life in Rugby (Paperback) Loot Price: R428
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Redhead with Fire in His Boots - My Life in Rugby (Paperback): Peter Harvey

Redhead with Fire in His Boots - My Life in Rugby (Paperback)

Peter Harvey

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Wartime and the scholarship to Grammar Schools allowed access to Rugby Union, an amateur game played by gentlemen in Rugby Clubs like Liverpool and Blackheath. Since the schism with Rugby League in 1895 the antipathy between the two codes was stark. Peter Harvey's story opened the door for hundreds of boys from Lancashire to play for England Schools. However, the suggestion that he might go to Rugby League was enough to prevent selection for England. The story of how this happened, and his subsequent success as a semi-professional rugby player, reaches its climax in Championships and Challenge Cups with the great St Helens RL side of the 1960s. Running parallel to this story is the training necessary to become a teacher and head teacher, and those people who helped me on that journey. The final chapters tell of rugby stars of the 1960s who he played with or against and the subsequent joys and fellowships of past players associations. It is a unique view of social history from coalmine to classroom, 1940 to present.

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Imprint: Fonthill Media
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2014
Authors: Peter Harvey
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 978-1-78155-182-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Sport
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Rugby football > Rugby League
Books > Biography > Sport
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LSN: 1-78155-182-0
Barcode: 9781781551820

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