- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Mainstream Publishing; 1st edition (18 Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1840183411
- ISBN-13: 978-1840183412
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 389,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Barry John has often been referred to as the George Best of rugby. Considered by many to be the greatest rugby player of his generation, he possessed the pop-star image: tall, dark and handsome. An idol to millions of sports lovers throughout the world, Barry John was mobbed and feted wherever he went. He also had the world at his feet, just like Best. Barry John caused one of the sporting shocks of the century, however, when he quit the game he loved at the height of his dazzling career, aged just 27. He was never fully explained the reasons for his abrupt departure -until now. In this book, "The King", as he was known, talks in great detail for the first time about why he had to step out of the limelight. He recalls the day an 18 year-old girl curtsied to him - the day he realised he had simply become too detached from ordinary people. This book reveals the huge pressures that led him to quit the game at his peak - pressures which perhaps only Best, who quit football under similar circumstances, could fully comprehend. He talks frankly of his special friendship with the Manchester United genius and divulges fascinating and often hilarious anecdotes about the celebrity circles in which he mingled with fellow sport superstars, like Bobby Moore, Jackie Stewart, and Tony Jacklin, showbiz legends, including Richard Burton and Richard Harris - and even prime ministers. The greatest number 10 ever to play rugby reveals the World Cup-winning secrets Sir Alf Ramsey confided in him and the little pep talk he gave Welsh colleague, Gareth Edwards. He recalls his record-breaking achievements for club and country, gives the inside story behind the British Lion's historic victory in New Zealand in 1971 and explains why that incredible feat has never been repeated. He talks openly about his hard-hitting views on the modern game, of the professional explosion and about his fears of rugby union's very future.
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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This book is truly awful and I speak as a fan of BJ's rugby skills, but not now of his writing...
He laboriously trundles through his well documented successes and offers little insight into how he achieved greatness or his own personal development.
Similarly, I would me really interested to find out what we could learn from the late great Carwyn James but all we get told is that he was a great communicator etc without actually finding out what the content of CJ's great plan was...
The foreword by George Best led me to believe I was in for a real treat, but it was all downhill from there. Not only the content but the writing style of the book left a lot to be desired and the assistant writer should be held accountable for this.
The 'hilarious' anecdotes which I so looked forward to reading about all finished annoyingly with an exclamation mark telegraphing the point at which the reader should laugh. These indeed did bring tears to my eyes , but they were tears of boredom !
As a fan of Welsh rugby all I can say is save yourself a few quid and precious reading time and look elsewhere for a rugby biography worth reading.
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