• Hugh McIlvanney OBE (2 February 1934 – 24 January 2019) was a Scottish sports journalist who had long stints with the British Sunday newspapers The Observer...
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    journalist Hugh McIlvanney. His son, Liam McIlvanney, is also an author of the crime genre. In addition to his literary career, McIlvanney wrote regularly...
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  • Look up McIlvanney in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. McIlvanney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hugh McIlvanney (1934–2019), Scottish...
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    and the tallies accumulated should be included, while journalist Hugh McIlvanney once described them as mere "profit-making excursions" that bore little...
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  • Football Journalist of the Year at the SJA Awards, as well as the Hugh McIlvanney Sports Journalist of the Year and Sport News Story of the Year at The...
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    called Johnstone a "genius who lived by magic and mischief", while Hugh McIlvanney wrote that no other player "besieged opponents with such a complex...
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    But I can't see a guy holding that much and getting points for it. Hugh McIlvanney, commenting in the British Sunday Times and Sports Illustrated: What...
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  • Dennis & Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 264. Hugh McIlvanney (1982). McIlvanney on Boxing. Beaufort books. p. 186....
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  • dangerous than they had been when United beat them two years prior. Hugh McIlvanney of The Observer noted that although he believed United should be rated...
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    aggressor and landed the harder punches. Scottish boxing journalist Hugh McIlvanney wrote that Leonard's plan was to "steal rounds with a few flashy and...
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    80s as one of the best full backs in world football; sports writer Hugh McIlvanney commented, "Anybody who saw him at his best had the unmistakable impression...
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    Newton decide he might as well have eaten the apple." — Sports writer Hugh McIlvanney. In March 2006, the airline Flybe named a Dash 8 (Q400) plane The George...
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  • 'MAC' McMurtry, 2016) "Interviewer of the Year – Popular" (Jan Moir, 2019) "Columnist of the Year – Popular " (Sarah Vine, 2019) "The Hugh McIlvanney Award...
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    McDowall (1986–), winner of Britain's Got Talent in 2011 Hugh McIlvanney MBE (1934–2019), Sports Journalist, born in Kilmarnock. William McIlvanney (1936–2015)...
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  • Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. pp. 254–258. Hugh McIlvanney (1982). McIlvanney on Boxing. Beaufort books. pp. 163–71. Ferdie Pacheco (1992)...
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    volleying a cross from Zinedine Zidane over the Czech Republic crossbar. Hugh McIlvanney, writing in The Times, described the match as a "seemingly endless...
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  • consciousness" always appealed, as well as the "social consciousness" of Hugh McIlvanney, formerly of The Sunday Times. Since june of 2023, he writes as columnist...
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    Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. pp. 76–84, 146. Hugh McIlvanney (1982). McIlvanney on Boxing. Beaufort books. pp. 23–32. Ferdie Pacheco (1992)...
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  • Mercury-News: 116–115 Hagler Seattle Times: 115–113 Hagler Sports Illustrated (Hugh McIlvanney): 116–112 Hagler Sports Illustrated (William Nack): 116–114 Leonard...
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    Mickey Duff "Twenty & Out" Harper Collins 1999 ISBN 0-00-218926-7 Hugh McIlvanney "McIlvanney on Boxing" Stanley Paul 1982 ISBN 0-09-174510-1 Errol Christie...
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  • Page to start new era". 1992-02-16. Retrieved 2010-07-16. [dead link] Hugh McIlvanney (1994-10-03). "A Sudden Leap To The Top". Sportsillustrated.com. Retrieved...
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    before completing a master's degree reading politics. Delaney described Hugh McIlvanney as his favourite sports writer. "Miguel Delaney". Independent.co.uk...
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    (2008) Jim Lampley (2015) Jay Larkin (2021) Mario Rivera Martino (2019) Hugh McIlvanney (2009) Larry Merchant (2009) Harry Mullan (2005) Barney Nagler (2004)...
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    "Everton revival captures Cup— Trebilock's double shatters Wednesday", by Hugh McIlvanney, The Observer (London), May 15, 1966, p20 "Turkey, Greece Agree to...
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    believed that he abstained from romantic relationships. This led to Hugh McIlvanney of The Observer labelling Owen as "The Virgin Soldier" in 1979. Owen's...
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  • ovarian cancer. Jim McCabe, 96, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1964–1967, 1970–1979). Hugh McIlvanney, 84, Scottish sports...
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  • field. Tassy was described in a February 1974 Observer article by Hugh McIlvanney as a "short, thickly built man" and as a "48 year-old Negro who is...
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    the finest journalistic talents. The Daily Mirror's Peter Wilson, Hugh McIlvanney, first at The Observer and lately at the Sunday Times, Ian Wooldridge...
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  • Maine Man, p. 88 Summerbee, Mike Summerbee: The Autobiography, p. 196. Hugh McIlvanney (27 April 1969). "Manchester prove they are masters". The Observer...
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  • reborn in Cardiff," while Hugh McIlvanney of The Sunday Times called Owen "the master executioner of English football." McIlvanney felt over the 90 minutes...
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