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Sports Knight: A Hundred Years of Sporting Knights and Dames

Sports Knight: A Hundred Years of Sporting Knights and Dames

Donaldson, Peter

Paperback

Sports General

Publisher Price: $21.99

ISBN10: 1836802919
ISBN13: 9781836802914
Publisher: Pitch Publishing
Published: Jun 1 2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.80 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

Sports Knight uncovers the life stories behind the nation's sporting knights and dames, offering a compelling alternative history of British sport and society across the past century. Why were these sporting greats held up as national role models? And what does this say about our priorities and values? Inevitably, the book features more men than women, more rich than poor and more white people than black people. That, in itself, is revealing. For no matter what we think of the selection process ('an utter crapshoot' is the view of one national newspaper), the stories of the sporting heroes whom the government has chosen to honour with a title tell us much about the history of British sport and society. The six-time Olympic champion Chris Hoy once said, 'To become a knight from riding a bike - it's mad!' And he's right: it is mad. But, as Sports Knight shows, there is method in the madness.

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