Jimmy Curran : Scotland's greatest athletics coach
Statham, Craig2020
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At the end of the 19th century, the Scottish border town of Galashiels offered little more to its youth than a lifetime of toil in its woollen mills. But Jimmy Curran’s lethal mix of speed and endurance offered him a means of escape. He grabbed it with both hands, and quickly became one of the finest middle-distance runners in the country. And when advancing age ended his athletic dominance, he coached American schoolboys, rising to become a legend in athletic circles, having the honorific title of America’s ‘dean of coaches’ bestowed upon him. Craig Statham’s biography of Curran encompasses long-forgotten stories gleaned from in-depth research and interviews, detailing his early life, his time as a soldier in the Boer War, his years as a top class amateur and professional athlete, and his 51 years as a coach that saw his charges win 13 Olympic medals, including seven golds. Since his death in 1963, Curran’s incredible life has been all but forgotten outside his family and former athletes. Statham’s books redresses this injustice, bringing his story the prominence that it has always deserved.
Main title:
Jimmy Curran : Scotland's greatest athletics coach / Craig Statham.
Author:
Statham, Craig, author
Imprint:
Dalkeith : Newbattle Books, 2020.
Collation:
xx, 398 pages : black and white and colour photographs ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781527263178
Dewey class:
796.42
Local class:
796.42
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3817148