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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS

''Top Bins! A personal best, a lap record and a hole in one for when rain has stopped play.'' ALAN DAVIES
''The trivia book of the season . . . magnificent.'' SPECTATOR

Did you know that Henry VIII owned the first pair of football boots? Or that David Attenborough is responsible for yellow tennis balls?

A Load of Old Balls is the curious story of us and sport. It''s about our mind-blowingly determined attempts to be the fastest, the strongest, the most skilful. In this endlessly entertaining tale of play and belonging, astonishing violence and jaw-dropping cheating, we learn what led ancient Egyptian athletes to have their spleens removed and discover why Michael Palin was disqualified from a conker tournament. Crossing millennia, continents and cultures, Harkin and Ptaszynski the brainy researchers for BBC''s QI and co-hosts of No Such Thing As A Fish

A Load of Old Balls

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS''Top Bins! A personal best, a lap record and a hole in one... Read more

    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 7/4/2024
    ISBN13: 9780571372546, 978-0571372546
    ISBN10: 0571372546

    Non Fiction , Hobbies, Games & Quizzes

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    SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS

    ''    Top Bins! A personal best, a lap record and a hole in one for when rain has stopped play.'' ALAN DAVIES
    ''The trivia book of the season . . . magnificent.'' SPECTATOR

    Did you know that Henry VIII owned the first pair of football boots? Or that David Attenborough is responsible for yellow tennis balls?

    A Load of Old Balls is the curious story of us and sport. It''s about our mind-blowingly determined attempts to be the fastest, the strongest, the most skilful. In this endlessly entertaining tale of play and belonging, astonishing violence and jaw-dropping cheating, we learn what led ancient Egyptian athletes to have their spleens removed and discover why Michael Palin was disqualified from a conker tournament. Crossing millennia, continents and cultures, Harkin and Ptaszynski the brainy researchers for BBC''s QI and co-hosts of No Such Thing As A Fish

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