Chalkie White
St David's Press (Verlag)
978-1-904609-27-8 (ISBN)
Herbert Victor ‘Chalkie’ White revolutionised rugby, transformed the Leicester Tigers into the most successful club in England and was widely considered the best head coach England never had.
This long-awaited first biography of Leicester’s legendary player and coach, written by former Tigers forward, Martin Whitcombe, provides a fascinating insight into the life and career of a true rugby visionary who inspired numerous future England and Lions internationals as well as generations of rugby coaches.
Comprehensively researched – based on over 80 interviews with Chalkie’s family and friends, his former players, pupils, fellow coaches and rugby administrators – this heavily illustrated biography is packed with insightful anecdotes and stories from those whose lives were influenced by the non-nonsense, focussed, yet genial Cumbrian who regularly reminded his players: “Let others tell you how good you are. I’ll tell you how to be better.”
Martin Whitcombe enjoyed a successful rugby union career with Leicester Tigers, Sale, Natal Sharks and England B, and has also jointly authored The Indomitable Frank Whitcombe (St. David’s Press, 2016) and The Indomitables - Rugby League’s Greatest Tour (St. David’s Press, 2025).
Introduction
Get Busy Living! The Matt Hampson Foundation
Acknowledgements
Preface by David Matthews
Foreword by Peter Wheeler
1 Cumbrian Days
2 National Service - Royal Navy
3 Back to Civvy Street in Cumbria
4 A New Career - 1950-53
5 Cornwall - 1953-57
6 A New Day Job - Nottingham High School
7 Earning His Tiger Stripes - Leicester FC
8 Playing the Barbarians
9 The County Championship - 1960-63
10 What Next? - 1963-67
11 The Early Coaching Years - 1967-71
12 The Competitive Era Arrives - 1971-72
13 Lyons and Tigers - Leicester’s Youth Team
14 Building the Foundations - 1972-76
15 Argy-Bargy - Los Pumas 1976
16 The First Final - 1977-78
17 Winning the Cup - 1978-79
18 Keeping the Cup - 1979-80
19 The Centenary Tour: Australia & Fiji - 1980
20 Tigers’ Centenary Season - 1980-81
21 The Final Season - 1981-82
22 From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe - 1982
23 All Change - Chalkie leaves the Tigers
24 On the Bus with (the other) Martin Johnson
25 Part of the Union - 1983-94
26 The Final Years - 1994-2005
Afterword by Martin Johnson
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.09.2025 |
|---|---|
| Nachwort | Martin Johnson |
| Vorwort | Peter Wheeler, David Matthews |
| Zusatzinfo | 200 b/w |
| Verlagsort | Cardiff |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 555 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-904609-27-9 / 1904609279 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-904609-27-8 / 9781904609278 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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