- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Mainstream Publishing (7 Oct 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1845966503
- ISBN-13: 978-1845966508
- Product Dimensions: 15.9 x 2.2 x 24.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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A vivid account of Bobby Windsor's life as a rugby player in the pre-commercial era of rugby union
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Lions legend Bobby Windsor has enjoyed triumphs beyond the dreams of most international players but has also suffered personal tragedy. His rugby career as the best hooker in the British Isles during the second golden era of Welsh rugby in the 1970s is a turbulent tale of blood and thunder on the pitch. There are riotous incidents off the pitch, including unscheduled fights with professional boxers, revelations about illegal payments during the so-called amateur era and what Windsor did to upset the Establishment and become blackballed by one of the most famous clubs in the world.
Windsor's irrepressible sense of humour comes shining through on every page, except when he gives chapter and verse on the personal crisis that drove him to plan suicide.
The Iron Duke is the no-holds-barred, warts-and-all story of a working-class Welsh folk hero who rose from humble beginnings to become a permanent member of the greatest Lions team in the history of rugby union.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As i have said in the title what you see is what you get and i would not have expected any less from Bobby Windsor.
I have known Bobby for many years from working with him in the steelworks and playing a few games with him in the steelworks side and his story and what he achieved makes you wonder what he would have been worth if he was playing today.
Playing in those days was not for the faint hearted and this comes over really well in the book,He has also delt well with the personal tragadies in his life.
A really good read
I have known Bobby for many years from working with him in the steelworks and playing a few games with him in the steelworks side and his story and what he achieved makes you wonder what he would have been worth if he was playing today.
Playing in those days was not for the faint hearted and this comes over really well in the book,He has also delt well with the personal tragadies in his life.
A really good read
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The Iron Duke: Bobby Windsor - The Life and Times of a Working-Class Rugby Hero
"The Iron Duke" is Bobby Windsor's story, a story about a rugby player from a previous era, before professionalism, when the sport was played by working class men for passion, glory and an almighty punch up if there was an opportunity. Bobby Windsor was a hooker, considered to be the best in the world at one time because of his ferocious tenacity, and he was a true master of "the dark arts" (front row "tactics"!!!!). This book will transport you back from today's sport to a time when a rugby player wasn't a gym reliant athlete, the nearest he got to a a post match de-brief was a sing-song on the journey home. In those times the opposition where "dealt with" on the pitch, not talked to by the ref, and after the game the rugby was left behind by both sides, traded in for a laugh and a pint. This is a hard hitting, hard punching book, just like the man himself, but it's also a tale of personal tragedy. Bobby Windsor has had more than his fair share of grief off the pitch and has had to use every bit of that rugby playing grit and determination to survive. Superb book and a great credit to the man himself. Loved it.
"The Iron Duke" is Bobby Windsor's story, a story about a rugby player from a previous era, before professionalism, when the sport was played by working class men for passion, glory and an almighty punch up if there was an opportunity. Bobby Windsor was a hooker, considered to be the best in the world at one time because of his ferocious tenacity, and he was a true master of "the dark arts" (front row "tactics"!!!!). This book will transport you back from today's sport to a time when a rugby player wasn't a gym reliant athlete, the nearest he got to a a post match de-brief was a sing-song on the journey home. In those times the opposition where "dealt with" on the pitch, not talked to by the ref, and after the game the rugby was left behind by both sides, traded in for a laugh and a pint. This is a hard hitting, hard punching book, just like the man himself, but it's also a tale of personal tragedy. Bobby Windsor has had more than his fair share of grief off the pitch and has had to use every bit of that rugby playing grit and determination to survive. Superb book and a great credit to the man himself. Loved it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A rattling good read from beginning to end - good memories, clear insight, fabulous humour, far ranging,and straight talking over all the issues covered in a Golden Age of British, Welsh and Pontypool rugby. Reaches the tremendous highs of a superb rugby career and the heartbreaking lows experienced by personal tragedy with crystal clarity.Impossible not to feel pride at the achievements described and great sympathy for the hard road Bobby has travelled - thanks Bob, the memories and emotions all came flooding back.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
The Iron Duke - Bobby Windsor
The Iron Duke: Bobby Windsor - The Life and Times of a Working-Class Rugby HeroI have read hundreds of rugby biographies of some of the game's greatest rugby stars but this is by... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Bob Wilson
Written as he played--honestly
The book is an honest no holds barred of his life on and off the field. I'm not an avid reader, but just couldn't put this book down once I started reading it. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Graham V. Jones
Great book
A rough tough insight into the front row.No holds barred look at the life and trials of arguable one of the best front row players Wales has ever produced . Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. David W. James
THE IRON DUKE
Excellent book at an excellent price, Rugby fans would not be disappointed with this insight to one of the games greats ~ speaking as a Welshman.
Published 13 months ago by Mr. MAGUW
Autobiography of Iron Duke - Bobby Windsor
Not just the usual boring book of a well known sportsman. - This is a class act both serious, humourous and very sad. Brings tears of joy and sadness. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Geoff Jones
The Iron Duke
Bought this as a Xmas present for my husband. We both know Bobby Windsor through rugby so have enjoyed reading it. Well worth reading and cheaper than bookshops. A1+
Published 15 months ago by Jean V. Smith
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i bought this as a christmas present for someone and they told me that it was a very enjoyable read
Published 16 months ago by princess
Good Read
I bought this book as a present for my husband. All I kept hearing was his laughter. He couldn't put it down and it was read in no time at all. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mrs. G. D. Mason
A Good Read
I bought this for my husband who is not an avid reader. He finished it faster than any other book he has read and said that it was excellent.
Published 18 months ago by Mrs. Christine M. Lewis
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