Sporting autobiographies you would recommend

happy_tiger

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A couple I have picked up in the bargain bins that I really enjoyed
Dickie Birds was really enjoyable
Gus Gould's "Good as Gould"
John Daly's Wild Thing
Alan Davidson's 15 paces.
Happy Hookers The story of the 75-76 Test series between Australia and West Indies also was agreat read
Best innings I reckon I have ever seen Roy Fredericks scoring 169 v Lillee ,Thomson,Walker and Gilmore in Perth
My late Grandfather watched it with me as a young boy and he saw McCabe get his ton in Bodyline and he said he thought Frederick's ton was braver thans McCabe's
 
Undercover Prop. Dan Crowleys book about how he juggled being an undercover cop and his rise to play for the wallabies.
Easy read but a good one
 
Mark Taylor - A Time to Declare
Wayne Bennett - Dont Die With The Music In You
Rod Maqueen - One Step Ahead
Shane Warne - Portrait Of Flawed Genius
 
Craig Johnstone's book Walk Alone was one that has always stuck with me
 
@BeeJay said:
Undercover Prop. Dan Crowleys book about how he juggled being an undercover cop and his rise to play for the wallabies.
Easy read but a good one

That is a bizarre story and shows how low profile Australian rugby was back in the late 80s early 90s!
 
Other one I forgot that was different picked up a fair few years ago was the dual Tim Horan and Jason Little autobiography

Personally rate Tim Horan the best Australian rugby player I have seen
 
Dead lucky by Lincoln Hall
The Himalayan cycle continues – winter, pre-monsoon climbing season, monsoon, post-monsoon climbing season, and winter again. Every pre-monsoon season climbers continue to flock to Everest, but thankfully the death toll remains much less than during the 2006 season when I looked like being the 12th and final fatality.
excerpt from LincolnHall.net

A really gripping and enthralling read. I love reading about Everest expeditions but, this is in my opinion is the best I have read by far.
 
Definitely Steve Waugh's 'Out of my comfort zone', it's a massive book but it chronicles his life and his career. It's very engaging and provides a great insight into the mind of the great batsman on and off the field.
 

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