War Games

A Father and Son Memoir of War and Sport

War Games
Ron Reed
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Paperback
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1 Nov 2020 AU
9781925927375
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Getting paid to watch sport from the best seats in the house and to chew the fat with sportsmen every day of the week can' t be called a real job - can it? Ron Reed has spent more than 50 years as one of Australia' s leading sports journalists. He has a fascination for the games people play and the people who play them. In particular, the Olympic Games became a passion. After attending his first Olympics in person in 1984, Ron decided to attend the Games one last time, in Tokyo 2020, to fulfil what had become a consuming private and personal interest. He had planned to visit the memorial to the victims and survivors of the atomic bombing of the southern city of Nagasaki, the catalyst for ending the Second World War. His father, Private William Cecil Reed, was a prisoner of war in Nagasaki and survived that horrific event when tens of thousands of others did not. War Games was to bookend the experiences of father and son in the country that held an unlikely connection for them. Despite the postponed Tokyo Olympics, the book still combines the remarkable war-time experiences of a soldier in World War II with the memorable events, people and sports that have formed the fabric of Ron' s working life. These stories are part of the vast sporting history of a sports-mad nation and while they reach well back into the past that doesn' t mean they are no longer interesting - some are utterly unforgettable.
Ron Reed' s 50-plus years in sports journalism include decades as a columnist and feature writer for Australia' s biggest-selling daily newspaper, the Herald Sun, and one as Editor of the old Sporting Globe. His work has earned many awards and accolades, including Australian sportswriter of the year and a lifetime achievement award from Sport Australia, formerly the Australian Sports Commission. He has covered most of the world' s major sports events in more than 30 countries, and is a tennis aficionado, having been a fixture at the Australian Open as well as many Davis Cup ties. He is the author of the only book ever written about the legendary Frank Sedgman, Game Sedge and Match, and Barty (2019).
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ISBN-13: 9781925927375
Published: 1 Nov 2020
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Wilkinson Publishing
Publisher: Wilkinson Publishing
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256

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