Loose amongst the legends : a memoir / Phil Gifford.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Auckland, New Zealand : Mower, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 264 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781927262047
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biographies | Davis (Central) Library Biographies | Biographies | B GIF | 1 | Available | T00568950 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This memoir begins with Phil Gifford's personal story, followed by portraits of (mostly) sportspeople Phil had a genuinely close connection with, to the point where he can tell stories that go far beyond the public perception, many screamingly funny. The list, in no special order, is: Sir Peter Snell, Billy T James, Peter FitzSimons, Sir Fred Allen, Sir Peter Leitch, Todd Blackadder, Andrew Mehrtens, Joe Stanley, Sir John Kirwan, Valerie Adams, Louis Luyt, and Andy Haden. As well, Phil will present riveting, inside stories on the great rugby coaching debates--John Hart-Alex Wyllie and Graham Henry-Robbie Deans. Phil will also enlighten readers on the impact his alter ego, Loosehead Len Lacey, had on his career.
"Phil Gifford brings together the best tales from his colourful and varied media career. Whether walking naked with Simon Barnett, inventing Loosehead Len, saving the Mad Butcher from strangulation, horrifying Billy T. James, telling the truth about Buck Shelford to Sir Edmund Hillary, crying with Valerie Adams, having a drink with Mick Jagger, or exposing the truth behind our three greatest rugby controversies, his stories are real, raw and often laugh-out-loud funny"--Publisher information.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. 9)
- Authors note (p. 10)
- Loosehead (p. 11)
- Remembering the days of rage (p. 27)
- The Henry-Deans decision (p. 41)
- Sir Peter Leitch (p. 52)
- Sir Fred Allen (p. 62)
- Papali'itele Peter Fatialofa (p. 71)
- Billy T James (p. 79)
- Sir John Kirwan (p. 88)
- Sir Peter Snell (p. 96)
- Todd Blackadder (p. 104)
- Andrew Mehrtens (p. 115)
- Joe Stanley (p. 126)
- Peter FitzSimons (p. 133)
- Billy Graham (p. 140)
- Valerie Adams (p. 149)
- One I didn't love ... Louis Luyt (p. 159)
- Loving the Cup (p. 163)
- Growing up in Pleasantville (p. 188)
- Radio daze (p. 205)
- A very small cog in the industry of human happiness (p. 228)
- A short guide to the universe of public speaking (p. 237)
- Encounters of the show business kind (p. 239)
- The Greatest (p. 255)
- About the Author (p. 263)