Ray Physick

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Ray Physick, author of Played in Liverpool, was born in Norris Green, raised in Kirkby, and is a former lecturer in history at Liverpool John Moores University. He graduated from the University of Northumbria in 1996 and is currently researching his PhD on the development of swimming in Liverpool from 1846-1914. His previous publications include papers on professional golf, 1945-75, and sport on Tyneside, plus entries in various encyclopaedias. He is also joint editor of a forthcoming book on Liverpool history and culture, to be published in late 2008.

Ray is currently working on a book on the city's leading boxers and boxing arenas, to be published by the Liverpool Echo in October 2008. He is also working with the London ex-Boxers' Association to investigate the feasibility of establishing a Boxing Hall of Fame, allied to an exhibition on London boxers for the Museum of London. The project entails the recording of 200 interviews with former boxers in the capital, to be collated in a book published in conjunction with De Montfort University, Leicester.

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Books by Ray