Pete Davies

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Pete Davies is an English author of history and sports.

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He wrote American Road: The Story of an Epic Transcontinental Journey at the Dawn of the Motor Age about the 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy, for which Davies visited sites along the Lincoln Highway. [1] [2] His newspaper clippings are part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. [3]

Davies' All Played Out, an eyewitness account of the England men's football team at the 1990 World Cup, [4] [5] [6] [7] was adapted into One Night in Turin , a documentary film, in 2010. [8] The original book has been described as "the best football book ever written". [9]

In 1994–95, Davies turned his attentions to women's football and spent the season with Doncaster Belles while writing I Lost my Heart to the Belles.

Davies settled in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, where in 2010 he worked at the local Sainsbury's supermarket and had a season ticket for Huddersfield Town. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "The resourceful traveler". Chicago Tribune . 21 August 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  2. ↑ Kirsch, Jonathan (15 September 2002). "Country Roads, Take Us Home". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "Eisenhower Presidential Library". eisenhower.archives.gov.
  4. ↑ Dawson, Tom (27 April 2010). "One Night In Turin". Total Film . Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  5. ↑ One Night in Turin: The Inside Story of a World Cup that Changed our Footballing Nation Forever [Paperback]. 15 April 2010. ASIN   0224083341.
  6. ↑ "Book Review: All Played Out: The Full Story of Italia '90 – Pete Davies (also published as One Night in Turin)". The Sports Book Review. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  7. ↑ Quinn, Anthony (7 May 2010). "One Night in Turin (15)" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Jenkins, David (4 May 2010). "One Night in Turin (15)". Time Out . Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Wilson, Paul (14 June 2014). "This Man Works For Sainsbury's. He Also Wrote The Best Football Book Ever". Esquire (UK Edition) . Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Huddersfield writer Pete Davies sees World Cup story brought to cinema screens". Huddersfield Daily Examiner . 11 May 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2015.


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