Hugh McIlvanney
Hugh McIlvanney OBE (born 2 February 1934) is an award-winning, Scottish sports writer. He currently has a long-running column on the back page of The Sunday Times sports section.
Journalism career
McIlvanney left Kilmarnock Academy to work at The Kilmarnock Standard[1] as a reporter moving on to the Scottish Daily Express, The Scotsman, The Observer, Daily Express, before joining The Sunday Times in 1993.[2] During his time with the Daily Express he also wrote as a news reporter.[2]
Honours
In 1996, McIlvanney was awarded the OBE, was given the Lifetime Achievement Award 2004 by The Scottish Press Awards,[3] and is the only sports writer to be voted Journalist of the Year. In 2005, he was included in the Press Gazette Hall of Fame.[2]
In December 2008 he was voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame,[4] and he was inducted in 2009.[3]
Personal life
McIlvanney's brother is the novelist and crime fiction writer William McIlvanney. He has one son, Conn and a daughter Elizabeth.
Works
- McIlvanney On Boxing (1982), ISBN 1-84018-005-6
- McIlvanney On Football (1994), ISBN 1-84018-007-2
- McIlvanney On Horseracing (1995 co-written with Peter O'Sullevan), ISBN 1-84018-006-4
- Managing My Life (1999 (co-written with Alex Ferguson), ISBN 978-0-340-72856-7[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hugh McIlvanney (b. 1934)". Kilmarnock Academy. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Hugh McIlvanney: A giant among sporting greats". The Independent. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Hugh McIlvanney". International Boxing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ↑ "Lewis, others to be inducted into Hall of Fame". ESPN. Associated Press. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
External links
- Hugh McIlvanney remains the matchless Master Sports Journalists' Association, 14 October 2011
- Hugh McIlvanney at the Internet Movie Database
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