by Leo McKinstry · Willow · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007118779
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«Jack and Bobby» is the sports biography of the Charlton brothers written by Leo McKinstry, published by Willow in paperback (512 pages, in English).
It portrays the parallel lives of the Charlton brothers, world champions with England in 1966. Bobby, elegant forward of Matt Busby's Manchester United and survivor of the Munich disaster; Jack, defender of Don Revie's Leeds who worked in a coal mine before his debut. It also explores their tense relationship, with interviews with those who knew them.
The two brothers retired from football the same year. The work won the WHSmith Sports Book of the Year award in 2003.
For football fans and sports biography enthusiasts, especially those interested in the history of English football and its great clubs.
