Rugby League Biographies and autobiographies

The biography of Billy Boston, Rugby League Footballer by Robert Gate. The hardback is OUT OF PRINT, this is the paperback edition. An E-Book edition for Kindle readers is available for this book on the Amazon.co.uk website. The E-Book edition...

New edition of biography of Walter Tull. One of the first Black British professional footballers before the First World War, he joined the Army in 1914. In 1917, he became an officer, and was the first black officer to lead white troops. He was killed...

Roy Francis had a unique career in rugby that lasted for more than 40 years. After playing local club rugby union in South Wales for Brynmawr, in 1936, at the age of just 17, he switched codes to play professional rugby league for Wigan. After just...

Brian Lockwood is indisputably one of the finest rugby league players, indeed sportsmen, of the last 60 years. Superb skills as a ball-playing forward, with the rugby intelligence to make maximum use of his talents – and, crucially, of those of the...