Hugh McIlvanney was a Scottish sports journalist who had long stints with the British Sunday newspapers The Observer and then 23 years with The Sunday Times.
11 Facts About Hugh McIlvanney
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Hugh McIlvanney had one sister and two brothers, including the novelist and crime fiction writer William McIlvanney.
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Hugh McIlvanney was educated at Hillhead Primary school then James Hamilton Academy.
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Hugh McIlvanney transferred across to Kilmarnock Academy for a session when his brother William started there.
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Hugh McIlvanney left school to work as a reporter at The Kilmarnock Standard.
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Hugh McIlvanney was not shy in offering his analysis of sports stars.
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Hugh McIlvanney retired at the age of 82, having said that the physical demands of the job had become too taxing.
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Hugh McIlvanney was given the Lifetime Achievement Award 2004 by the Scottish Press Awards.
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Hugh McIlvanney is the only sports writer to be voted Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards.
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Hugh McIlvanney was named British sports writer of the year seven times.
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Hugh McIlvanney married three times and had one son, Conn, and a daughter, Elizabeth.