Bob Harris, Esq

Career: sports writer and sports ed: Birmingham Planet 1963-66, Thomson Regional Newspapers 1966-86; sports writer and chief football writer Today 1986-89, exec sports ed Sunday Mirror 1993-95 (sports ed 1989-93), ed dir and ed-in-chief Sport First 1997-99 (ed 1996-97); contrib: The Sun, News of the World, Talksport, Radio Five, Skysport, BBC News 24; major events covered incl: 9 Olympic Games 1972-2004, 7 football World Cups, 8 Cwlth Games, World Athletics Championships, Wimbledon 1969-93 and 2005-12, various world title fights, cricket World Cup

Books and Publications: No Half Measures (with Graeme Souness, 1985), Touch and Go (with Steve Coppell, 1985), More Than Somewhat (with Bruce Grobbelaar, 1986), World Cup Diary (with Bobby Robson, 1986), Bring on the Clown (with Bruce Grobbelaar, 1988), Against the Odds (with Bobby Robson, 1990), Kevin Keegan Autobiography (co-author, 1997), An Englishman Abroad (with Bobby Robson, 1998), Sweet FA (with Graham Kelly, 1999), Sir Viv (with Sir Vivian Richards, 2000), Psycho (with Stuart Pearce, 2000), Sir Garfield Sobers (co-author, 2002), Dennis Lillee: the Autobiography (2003), King John (with John Charles, 2003), The King (with Denis Law, 2003), Sir Bobby Robson: Living the Game (2003), Butcher! (with Terry Butcher, 2005), Pure Gold (with David Gold, 2006), Sir Bobby Robson: A Life in Football (2010), The Boxer's Story (with Nathan Shapow, 2012)