1. Norman Giller was chief football reporter with the Daily Express in London, and has been a freelance writer since leaving Fleet Street in 1974.
14 Facts About Norman Giller
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Norman Giller's 100th book, published in October 2015, is an autobiography called Headlines Deadlines All My Life.
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The 96th book by Norman Giller is Bill Nicholson Revisited, based on conversations over a span of more than 40 years with former Spurs manager Nicholson It was published in 2013.
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Norman Giller was the argument-settling Judge of The Sun for ten years, and he and his sports statistician son Michael set the 2,000 questions for the DVD version of Football Trivial Pursuit.
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Norman Giller's 81st book was a collaboration with Pele and Gordon Banks and in partnership with their UK agent Terry Baker, a limited edition featuring an in-depth look at their careers and, in particular, the famous Banks save against Pele for England against Brazil in the 1970 World Cup finals.
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Norman Giller has a regular Fleet Street nostalgia blog at the Sports Journalists' Association website.
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Norman Giller delivered the eulogy for his life-long friend Jimmy Greaves and the official biography, The One and Only Jimmy Greaves, was his 119th book.
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Norman Giller has since had published a biography of former England and Spurs centre-forward Bobby Smith.
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Norman Giller was born in London's East End in the first year of the Second World War, and was evacuated with his mother and three brothers to a Devonshire farm.
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Norman Giller started his reporting career with the Stratford Express in West Ham, and arrived at the Daily Express after employment as a sports sub-editor with Boxing News, the London Evening Standard and the Daily Herald.
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Norman Giller has worked in PR and for ten years represented former boxing world champions Frank Bruno, John H Stracey, Jim Watt, Maurice Hope, and Muhammad Ali.
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Norman Giller wrote newspaper and magazine columns in harness with Eric Morecambe for nine years, and had collaborations with comedians Benny Hill and Tommy Cooper.
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Norman Giller was commissioned to write six Carry On novels, sequels to the films.
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Norman Giller was married for 45 years to Eileen, who died in 2006.