Donald McRae (born 1961) is a South African writer.[1]
Born in Germiston in 1961, he moved to the United Kingdom in 1984.
McRae is noted as the only two-time winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award with Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing in 1996 (2nd ed. Hamilcar Publications, 2019[2]) and In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens in 2002.[3] His other works include Every Second Counts: the Race to Transplant the First Human Heart (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2006), The Great Trials of Clarence Darrow: The Landmark Cases of Leopold and Loeb, John T. Scopes, and Ossian Sweet, published in 2009, A Man’s World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith (Simon & Schuster, 2015), Steven Gerrard: My Story (Joseph/Penguin, 2015),[4] and In Sunshine Or In Shadow: How Boxing Brought Hope In The Troubles.[5]
References
- ^ Jarlath Regan (21 July 2019). "How Boxing Brought Hope In The Troubles - Donald McRae". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (305 ed.). SoundCloud. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing | Hamilcar Publications". hamilcarpubs.com. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (26 November 2002). "McRae wins sports book prize for second time". The Independent. London. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ^ "DonaldMcRae.com". Archived from the original on 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- ^ "From apartheid to the Ardoyne, McRae still telling life's most interesting tales". The Irish Times. 17 June 2019.
| Preceded by Laura Hillenbrand | William Hill Sports Book of the Year winner 2002 | Succeeded by Tom Bower |
| Preceded by John Feinstein | William Hill Sports Book of the Year winner 1996 | Succeeded by Simon Hughes |