crustyngrizzly 1,700 Report post Posted April 18, 2018 William Nack,author,has died at the age of 77. He wrote Secretariat..The Making of a Champion Ruffian..Aracetrack romance My Turf....Horses,Boxers,Bloodmoney and The Sporting Life. His book on Secretariat was the basis for the 2010 movie Secretariat. In an earlier life he wrote speeches and news releases for General Westmoreland in Vietnam. He was employed by Newsweek and Sports Illustrated. Black Kirrama, elbow and gubellini 1 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,995 Report post Posted April 19, 2018 William Nack was one of my favourite writers. Great turn of descriptive phrases. Possessed a widespread knowledge of many sports. I have most of his books in my collection. Maximus 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Diceman Cometh 125 Report post Posted April 19, 2018 His brother Nic is a good bloke. Tauhei Notts, Tiger Tiger and Memphis2 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,825 Report post Posted April 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, The Diceman Cometh said: His brother Nic is a good bloke. And his mate Paddy....always feeding canines..... Tauhei Notts and Tiger Tiger 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus 429 Report post Posted April 19, 2018 RIP BIll Nack...brilliant writer. Read his Sports Illustrated article on Secretariat 'Pure Heart' here. Best work of its kind I have ever read. https://www.si.com/longform/belmont/index.html gubellini and elbow 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
