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The '''William Hill Sports Book of the Year''' is an annual book award given by the British bookmakers ]. It is dedicated to rewarding excellence in sports writing and was first awarded in ].
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==Previous winners==
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! Year
! Title
! Author(s)
! Featured Sport
|-
| 2009
| Harold Larwood (Biography)
| ]
| Cricket
|-
| 2008
| Coming Back to Me
| ]
| Cricket
|-
| 2007
| Provided You Don't Kiss Me
| ]
| Football
|-
| 2006
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
| ]
| Boxing
|-
| 2005
| My Father & Other Working Class Football Heroes
| ]
| Football
|-
| 2004
| ]
| ]
| Cricket
|-
| 2003
| Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football
| ]
| Football
|-
| 2002
| In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens
| ]
| Athletics, Boxing
|-
| 2001
| ]
| ]
| Horse racing
|-
| 2000
| ]
| ], ]
| Cycling
|-
| 1999
| A Social History of English Cricket
| ]
| Cricket
|-
| 1998
| ]: An Oxford Poet Trains with the Tokyo Riot Police
| ]
| ]
|-
| 1997
| A Lot of Hard Yakka
| ]
| Cricket
|-
| 1996
| Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing
| ]
| Boxing
|-
| 1995
| A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour
| ]
| Golf
|-
| 1994
| Football Against the Enemy
| ]
| Football
|-
| 1993
| Endless Winter: The Inside Story of the Rugby Revolution
| Stephen Jones
| Rugby
|-
| 1992
| ]
| ]
| Football
|-
| 1991
| ]
| ]
| Boxing
|-
| 1990
| ]
| ]
| Cycling
|-
| 1989
| ]
| ] & ]
| Rowing
|}

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Revision as of 07:27, 30 November 2010

The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is an annual book award given by the British bookmakers William Hill. It is dedicated to rewarding excellence in sports writing and was first awarded in 1989.

Previous winners

Year Title Author(s) Featured Sport
2009 Harold Larwood (Biography) Duncan Hamilton Cricket
2008 Coming Back to Me Marcus Trescothick Cricket
2007 Provided You Don't Kiss Me Duncan Hamilton Football
2006 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Geoffrey Ward Boxing
2005 My Father & Other Working Class Football Heroes Gary Imlach Football
2004 Basil D'Oliveira Peter Oborne Cricket
2003 Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football Tom Bower Football
2002 In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens Donald McRae Athletics, Boxing
2001 Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse Laura Hillenbrand Horse racing
2000 It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins Cycling
1999 A Social History of English Cricket Derek Birley Cricket
1998 Angry White Pyjamas: An Oxford Poet Trains with the Tokyo Riot Police Robert Twigger Aikido
1997 A Lot of Hard Yakka Simon Hughes Cricket
1996 Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing Donald McRae Boxing
1995 A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour John Feinstein Golf
1994 Football Against the Enemy Simon Kuper Football
1993 Endless Winter: The Inside Story of the Rugby Revolution Stephen Jones Rugby
1992 Fever Pitch Nick Hornby Football
1991 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Thomas Hauser Boxing
1990 Rough Ride Paul Kimmage Cycling
1989 True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny Dan Topolski & Patrick Robinson Rowing

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