By The Balls

Memoir of a Football Tragic

Les Murray

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Random House
01 June 2006

Biography: general; Sports & outdoor recreation; Football (Soccer, Association football)

Football veteran Les Murray is the face and voice of soccer broadcasting in Australia and is one of our nation's most influential people in sport. Here Les tells of his humble origins as a migrant, through his struggles with life in a country that did not embrace the beautiful game.

By: Les Murray
Imprint: Random House
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 452g
ISBN: 9781740513555
ISBN 10: 174051355X
Pages: 334
Publication Date: 01 June 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hungarian born Les developed his love of football after emigrating to Australia as a refugee in 1957. Watching a replay of the classic 1960 European Cup Final, Les' enthusiasm for the world game was launched and hasn't waned since. Following moderate success as a semi-pro player, Les also found time to indulge in his second love - rock and roll - as the lead singer in a very hip ensemble, known as 'The Rubber Band', during the 1970s. Les has been a journalist since 1971. In his years with SBS television he has played a major role in developing the distinctiveness of sport programming on the network, and was executive producer of all of SBS' major football broadcasts. Internationally respected, Les was named him one of Sydney's ten most influential people in sport by the influential French sports daily, L'Equipe. Since 2004 Les has served on FIFA's Committee for Ethics and Fair Play. Currently Les is Head of Sports and hosts SBS' nightly bulletin Toyota World Sport, The World Game on Sundays and the network's athletics coverage.

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