An Athletics Compendium

Biographies& Autobiographies B 173 - 181 to be published. Extremely well illustrated in both colour and half tone by Jorge Lewinski and Eamonn McCabe; the former contributes an interesting essay on his equipment antdechniques. 173 Daley Thompson / Cliff Temple; illustrated by Stephen Gulbis. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1983. 63p; illus (Profiles) ISBN: 0-241-10932-9 BL: X.629/20746 One of a series porfofiles of outstandingUlsathletes. The author traces thceareer of the 198>0Olympic decathlon champion. 174 Daley Thompson: the subject is winning / Skip Rozin. London: Stanley Paul, 1983. 198p; illus; index ISBN: 0-09-151360-X In common with several other athletics biographies, this was produced wbellfore the end of the subject's career; in Thompson's case, his last decathlon competition was in and his last (though not necessarily final) appearance in UK lists came six years later.Nonetheless, it remains amost valuable biographical source on Thompson's early life, giving important insighitns to themotivation which led him to dominate the wdoerlcdathlon scenfeor almost a decade. 175 Daley Thompson/ Norman Barrett & Melvyn Watman. London: Virgin, 1984. 96p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-86369-039-4 A companion volume to that on Steve Cram, it covers Thompson's career up to April 19&4. 176 Daley: the last ten years / Daley Thompson wNitheil Wilson; photographs by Steve Powell. London: Willow, 1986. 127p; illus ISBN: 0-00-218229-7 BL: YC.1986.b.3112 Each of the seasons 1975-34 iasllocated a chaptear; brief description of one of the ten decathlon events is placed after each of the annual reviews. The colour photography is an outstanding feature of this work. Thornton, Percy 177 Some things wehave remembered: Samuel Thornton, Admiral, 1797-1859, Percy Melville Thornton, 1841-1911 / Percy Melville Thornton. LondLon:gmans, 1912. xi, 337p; illus; index BL: 010827.h.34 The autobiography of the first English half-mile champion. Containas good account of athletics in the ISSOs and features phoatograph of Thornton in his running kit. Tulloh, Bruce 178 Four millionfootsteps / Bruce Tulloh. London: Pelham, 1970. 175p; illus ISBN: 0-7207-0406-5 BL: X.629/2609 The 1962 European 5000m champion retired from international competitioin1967 and set himstehlef challenge of running across the USA from west to east. This hisis vivid account otfhe record-breaking Los Angeles to NewYork crossing {2,d76 miles) in64 days, 21 hrs, 50 mins. Ueberroth, Peter 179 Made in America: hioswn story / Peter Ueberroth with Richard Levin and Amy Quinn. London: Kingswood, 1986. 355p; illus, 2 maps; index Originallypublished:New York: Morrow,1985 ISBN: 0-434-98091-9 BL: YK.1987.b.2190 A marvellous account of Ueberroth's experiences in organising the 198>4 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Ueberroth transformed Olympic economics by savaging the expenses Oloyfmpic blazerati andmore importantly bsyecuring the costs of capital facilities by the use ocfommercial sponsors. Walthen, David Anthony 180 The big walk/ A Walker. London: Prentice-Hall International, 1961. x, 198p; illus Author is a pseudonymforDavid Anthony Walthen BL: 10196.tt.38 In1960, the snowboundorth ofScotland witnessed the greatest gathering of eccentrics since Peter the Hermit's Crusade. The occasion was the Butlin Land's End to John O'GroatR'sace. Formonths afterwards, hospitals otfhe Northern Line were littered with the human debris ofButlin's extravaganza.The story of this race makes interesting reading, though the informal stylemakes it occasionally tedious. Watson, Robert Patrick 181 Memoirs of Robert PatricWk atson: a journalist's experience of mixed societ/y Robert Patrick Watson. London: Smith, Ainslie, 1899. 513p BL: 010881.ee.22 Anecdotal and opinionated, these memoirs of a journalist, who also acteads a referee fopredestrian events, havemany references to tshpeort. Somoef the most valuablestories, howevear,re ofswimming and pugilism. Watson was a swimmer (from 1670) and briefly a sprinter (10.5 sefeosr 100yds). [59]