Paul Trevillion
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Paul Trevillion has had quite a life. He has met and drawn no end of famous people - from Muhammed Ali and Pele to Winston Churchill. He has been in the ring with Oscar de la Hoya and in the dressing room with England's 1953 Ashes winners. His work has appeared in hundreds of publications worldwide, and earned him friends and admirers everywhere. The best of his work from fifty years in sporting art appears here, along with the stories behind them - told with a raconteur's panache and the trademark enthusiasm that makes Trevillion one of the most engaging people around.
Paul Trevillion is the world's greatest sporting artist. His cartoons have included the Gary Player golf strip - syndicated in 375 newspapers; 'Skills With Trevor Brooking' in the Sunday Times and the long-running 'You Are The Ref' series formerly of Shoot magazine, recently resurrected in The Observer. He also invented the first football swap cards and the split-handed putting method, is a former stand-up comedian and one-time holder of the World Speed Kissing record. He lives in Buckinghamshire.