This Sporting Life (novel)

Cover first edition, Longmans, London, 1960

This Sporting Life is a 1960 novel by the English writer David Storey.[1] It is set in Northern England and follows a man who tries to make it as a professional rugby league footballer. It was the debut novel of Storey, himself a former player for Leeds.

The book was the basis for Lindsay Anderson's 1963 film This Sporting Life.[2]

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  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: This Sporting Life (1963)". www.screenonline.org.uk.