RON REYNOLDS: The Life of a 1950s Footballer

Dave Bowler and David Reynolds

ISBN 10: 0752859994 / ISBN 13: 9780752859996

Edité par Orion, London, 2003

A propos de cet article

The story of the late Ron Reynolds' life and career as goalkeeper for Aldershot, Spurs and Southampton, based on his own diaries plus memories from his son, co-author David Reynolds. 193 pages + xi prelims. 8 pages of colour and b/w plates, plus many other b/w photographs through the text. Blue boards in jacket. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. Size: 24 Cm x 16.5 Cm.

N° de réf. du vendeur 7209

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: RON REYNOLDS: The Life of a 1950s Footballer
• Éditeur: Orion, London
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0752859994
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780752859996
• Reliure: Hard Cover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Sports & Recreation > Soccer

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Synopsis

Ron Reynolds was the Spurs goalkeeper for most of the 1950s. (He also played for Southampton and Aldershot in a career spanning twenty years and 291 League games.) He died on his 71st birthday (2nd June 1999), and upon clearing out his house his family discovered a meticulously kept archive of Reynolds professional career - cupboards, shoeboxes and carrier bags full of notebooks, programmes, ticket stubs, press cuttings, photographs, souvenirs from foreign tours, and Reynolds' own match reports of all his games. Taken as a whole, the collection offers a fascinating insight into the life of a professional footballer half a century ago. Dave Bowler (who conducted lengthy interviews with Reynolds for other book projects before he died) augments the visual material with a written account of Reynolds' life, featuring interviews with many of his contemporaries and also a few with whom he worked and who are still in the game today (Bobby Robson, Don Howe, Malcolm Allison). And Reynolds himself was quite a character - fastidious and outspoken he was a formidable PFA representative and was behind many of the perceived 'insurrections' of his more famous soul mate Danny Blanchflower, with whom he shared a passion for the glory of the game.

À propos de l?auteur

Dave Bowler is the author of several critically acclaimed sporting biographies (see above). David Reynolds is Ron Reynolds' son. David Reynolds is a Fellow of Christ's Church College, Cambridge. He has twice been a visiting Fellow at Harvard University.