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King Charlie the Great? No. Charlie the greatest
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
CHARLIE HURLEY: “THE GREATEST CENTRE HALF THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN”...Mark Metcalf (Sportsbooks)
Mark Metcalf will, I hope, forgive me for having started his book on Charlie Hurley on page 187.
It was not that I had no interest in the earlier chapters.
When I got round to them, I devoured them, too. Metcalf offers a comprehensive account of Charlie’s early life and cannot be faulted for lack of detail about a brilliant career played predominantly outside the top flight. But what I really wanted to – had to – read first was Chapter Thirteen: Bust-up with Baxter.
