'Fred was one of the world's greatest fast bowlers. He could swing better than Glen Miller. Sadly England may never again produce a fast bowler like him.' Quote from fellow Yorkshire great Brian Close.
The subtitle of this new title 'Fiery Fred' Yorkshire's Cricketing Giant sums up the great man to a tee, fiery in temperament as well as fiery in bowling - who will ever forget his cameo role in Dad's Army! The book commences with a series of lengthly, comprehensive and memorable interviews that David Joy had with Fred Trueman in the first half of 2006.
The book is fully illustrated through out with numerous photographs from the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post libraries and is a fitting title for such a great man of Yorkshire and England. The sight of Fred in his later year's with his pipe in the Test Match Special commentary boxes was one of the iconic images of an English summer