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Synopsis
The memoir of national treasure and legendary sports broadcaster Jimmy Magee. His extraordinary memory for sports trivia has led to him being known as the Memory Man. He started his career in 1956, and has covered every Olympic Games since 1972 and every soccer World Cup since 1974. Jimmy Magee has been up close and personal for most of the iconic sporting moments in the world and here he gives his unique insight.
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About the Author
Jimmy Magee is an institution in Irish broadcasting life. He was born in New York in 1935. Three years later the family returned to Ireland and settled in the Cooley Peninsula in Co. Louth. Jimmy's early working experiences were in a pharmacy in Carlingford and as a railway clerk in Greenore. But his dream was always to work in radio, and by 1957 he managed to fulfil that dream.
His varied and much-travelled life, as it evolved, is told in this memoir, including his 11 Olympic Games, 12 FIFA World Cups, 29 European Cup finals, 11 athletics world championships, 30 world title fights and 10 Tours de France.
Jason O'Toole is a well-known journalist, celebrated for his interviews. He is joint author of The End of the Party (with Bruce Arnold) as well as a biography of Brian Cowen.
Review
Magee's marvellous book is so utterly entertaining.
--Fr. Brian D'Arcy "Sunday World "
Memory Man is replete with anecdotes about plenty of famous sports stars; here, we are treated to tales about everything from the decency of golfer Jack Nicklaus to Brazilian great Garrincha playing soccer on the beach at the Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro.
--Julian Fleming "Sunday Business Post Magazine "
'A beautifully written book and a very honest account of Jimmy's story'
--Ryan Tubridy
Memory Man is replete with anecdotes about plenty of famous sports stars; here, we are treated to tales about everything from the decency of golfer Jack Nicklaus to Brazilian great Garrincha playing soccer on the beach at the Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro.
--Julian Fleming "Sunday Business Post Magazine "
'A beautifully written book and a very honest account of Jimmy's story'
--Ryan Tubridy
Magee's marvellous book is so utterly entertaining.
--Fr. Brian D'Arcy "Sunday World "
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- PublisherGill Books
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 071715792X
- ISBN 13 9780717157921
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages256
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