William Hill Sports Book of the Year
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The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is an annual British book award given by the British bookmakers William Hill. It is dedicated to rewarding excellence in sports writing and was first awarded in 1989.
[edit] Previous winners
| Year | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Provided You Don't Kiss Me | Duncan Hamilton |
| 2006 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Geoffrey Ward |
| 2005 | My Father & Other Working Class Football Heroes | Gary Imlach |
| 2004 | Basil D'Oliveira | Peter Oborne |
| 2003 | Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football | Tom Bower |
| 2002 | In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens | Donald McRae |
| 2001 | Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse | Laura Hillenbrand |
| 2000 | It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life | Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins |
| 1999 | A Social History of English Cricket | Derek Birley |
| 1998 | Angry White Pyjamas: An Oxford Poet Trains with the Tokyo Riot Police | Robert Twigger |
| 1997 | A Lot of Hard Yakka | Simon Hughes |
| 1996 | Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing | Donald McRae |
| 1995 | A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour | John Feinstein |
| 1994 | Football Against the Enemy | Simon Kuper |
| 1993 | Endless Winter: The Inside Story of the Rugby Revolution | Stephen Jones |
| 1992 | Fever Pitch | Nick Hornby |
| 1991 | Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times | Thomas Hauser |
| 1990 | Rough Ride | Paul Kimmage |
| 1989 | True Blue: Oxford Boat Race Mutiny | Dan Topolski & Patrick Robinson |
