"Football is not a matter of life and death, it is more important than that."
Other_Sports_Biographies
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The Carolina Way
The Carolina Way, Dean Smith, Penguin books, 2005 ISBN 014 30 3464 2 (337 pages)
The way of an Eagle
The way of an Eagle, Robert Darden and PJ Richardson, Thomas Nelson, Nashille etc, 1996 ISBN 0785277013 (264 pages)
Competitor's edge
Competitor's edge (Women athletes talk about sports and their faith), Dave Branon, Moody Press, Chicago, 1998. ISBN 0-8024-7819-0 (232 pages)
Penny Heyns: An autobiography
Penny Heyns: An autobiography with Gary Lemke, PHBH Publications, South Africa 2004. ISBN 0-620-32255-1 (241 pages and 10 pages of colour pictures)
Mit Gott im Rennen
Helmfried Riecker, Haenssler, 2006 ISBN (10) 3 -77751-4505-2 [ Book in German - title means Racing with God]
Season of Life
Season of Life, Jeffrey Marx, Simon and Schuster, New York, 2004 ISBN 0-7432 6974 -8
Undefeated
Undefeated (Catching inspiration and hope thrown by athletes of integrity) Dave Branon, Bethany House, Minneapolis, 2006 ISBN 978-0-7642-0293-3 (171 pages)
Open
Andre Agassi, Harper Collins, London 2009. ISBN 978-0-00-728142-8 388 pages
A Book of Heroes
A Book of Heroes (or a sporting half-century), Simon Barnes, short Books 2010
Beyond the final score
Tom Osborne, Regal Books, California, 2009. ISBN 978-0-8307-5111-2
His father’s son, Earl and Tiger Woods
Tom Callahan, Gotham Books New York and Mainstream, Edinburgh, 2010
Who was Hurricane Higgins?,
Who was Hurricane Higgins?, Tony Francis, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. lSBN 9781444 70877 6
Tom Landry, an autobiography
Tom Landry, an autobiography with Gregg Lewis, New York, Harper, 1990
AYRTON SENNA: THE MESSIAH OF MOTOR RACING
Richard Craig, Dartman, Longman and Todd, 2012. ISBN 978 0232 52910 4
My animals and other family
Clare Balding, Penguin Viking, London, 2012. ISBN 978-0-670-92146-1
Between the lines
Victoria Pendleton, London, Harper Collins, 2012. ISBN 978-0-00-732752-2
My Story
Tom Daley, London Penguin – Michael Joseph, 2012. ISBN 978-0-718-15807-1
Dreams do come true
Katherine Grainger, Andre Deutsch Limited 2013. ISBN 978-0-233-00381-8
Wrestling for my life
Shawn Michaels, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2014. ISBN 978-0-310-34359-2
Interesting
Steve Davis, London, Ebury Press, 2015. ISBN 9780091958640
Lewis Hamilton
Bruce Jones, Carlton Books, 2007 and 2016. ISBN9781780978222
The autobiography
Katherine Grainger, London, Andre Deutsch (Carlton), 2016. ISBN 978-0-233-00485-3
Unsinkable
Jessica Long, Boston, Houghton, Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. ISBN 978-1-328-70725-3
Me and the table
Stephen Hendry, John Blake 2018. ISBN 978 1 78606 586
The world I fell out of
Melanie Reid, 4thEstate, London, 2019. ISBN 978-0-00-829137-2
Lights Out Full Throttle
Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill, Macmillan, London, 2020. ISBN 978-1-5290-3999-3
Calling the shots
Sue Barker, the London, Ebury, 2022 ISBN 978-152-9149 036
Courage to soar
Simone Biles, Zondervan, 2016. ISBN978-0310-75966