Richard Bath Boeken

Exploring the intersection of humor and sports trivia, this collection highlights one hundred of history's most eccentric and notorious athletes. Covering a wide range of sports, including boxing, cycling, soccer, and baseball, it showcases the outrageous personalities and bizarre behaviors of hard-men, criminals, and the downright crazy figures who have left their mark on the world of sports. This unique blend of entertainment and insight offers a fascinating look at the madness that can often accompany athletic prowess.

With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Legion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army.

Covers the development of the game from the moment William Webb Ellis is reputed to have picked up a ball and run with it during a football match at Rugby School in 1823, this book focuses on the sport's biggest nations and provides a history of some of rugby's quirkier aspects, such as the British and Irish Lions and Barbarians.