My Autobiography: The Voice of Rugby

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Then came a voice in his ear: But Bill also talks frankly about the greatest tragedy of his life: Bill wanted to stay at her bedside but she insisted he go and carry out a commentating duty in Edinburgh on the Saturday afternoon. He did so, rushed back to the hospital, but she had died that afternoon while he was on air.

McLaren, himself, had almost died of TB in his youth and he tells of the days and nights when he hid under the sheets in bed at the Scottish hospital where he was kept for 19 months, 'crying myself to sleep each night as they took away my friends who had died that day. I was certain I would be next'.

He has excellent memories of his war years and delves deep to recall some harrowing times as a forward observation spotter when he came within inches of being killed by a German sniper. Later, he also remembers leading his men one day into a small northern Italian town where they discovered corpses piled up in the square.

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As well reliving the highlights of his illustrious career as a commentator, Bill talks of the game today and his regrets that rugby went professional. He is a fierce critic of what this has led to and fears for the future health and safety of rugby players because he regards the modern game as dangerously physical. His story amounts to a history of the game itself and reaffirms McLaren's status as something of a global treasure. Paperback , pages. Published November 1st by Bantam first published October 1st To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about My Autobiography , please sign up.

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This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Aug 28, Tim Storey rated it liked it. This was the voice of rugby with a load of wonderful memories to read. But sadly it was also too full of whining about the modern game.

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Some observations were relevant but others came across as a rather sad and grumpy bloke in the stand. International postage and import charges paid to Pitney Bowes Inc.

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