James Lawton, Esq

Career: jr reporter Flintshire Leader 1959-63, sport sub-ed Daily Telegraph 1963-64, sub-ed The Sun 1964-65, sports writer Daily Express 1965-79, chief sports columnist Vancouver Sun 1979-87, chief sports writer Daily Express 1987-2000, chief sports writer The Independent 2000-; SJA Sports Journalist of the Year 1988, SJA Sports Columnist of the Year 2005, SJA Sports Feature Writer of the Year 2006, What The Papers Say Sports Writer of the Year 2007, Sports Journalist of the Year Br Press Awards 2010

Books and Publications: autobiographies: Malcolm Allison (1974), Tiger Williams (1984), Debbie Brill (1986), George Cohen (2003), Nobby Stiles (2004), Joe Jordan (2004), Ian St John (2005), Bobby Charlton Vol 1 (2007, Br Sports Autobiography of the Year 2007) and Vol 2 (2008); biographies: Lester Piggott (1980), Lennox Lewis (2000); All American War Game (1984)