Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2017
The first truly definitive biography of Muhammad Ali, the most iconic and significant sporting figure of the twentieth century.
William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2017 is Tom Simpson: Bird on the Wire by Andy McGrath, publsihed by cycling specialist Raph Editions
Other shortlisted books for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2017 were:
The Greatest Combeack: From Genocide to Football Glory by David Bolchover (Biteback Publishing)
Ali: A Life by Jonathan Eig (Simon & Schuster)
Quiet Genius: Bob Paisley, British Football's Greatest Manager by Ian Herbert (Bloomsbury Sport, Bloombsury)
Swell: A Waterbiography by Jenny Landreth (Bloomsbury Sport, Bloomsbury)
Centaur by Declan Murphy and Ami Rao (Doubleday, Transworld)
Breaking Ground: Art, Archaelogy and Mythology edited by Neville Gabie, Alan Ward and Jason Wood (Axis Projects)
Last year the prize was won by Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan (Corsair)
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