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905:"From the Vault: Hugh McIlvanney on Johnny Owen's last fight"
830:"Hugh McIlvanney: Remembering a remarkable life in sport"
804:"Hugh McIlvanney, legendary sports writer, dies aged 84"
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1190:"Hugh McIlvanney gets honorary degree"
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348:. In 2005, he was included in the
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3135:20th-century Scottish journalists
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371:In 2011 he was inducted into the
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108: 1958, divorced)
1119:"Johnston wins Press Club award"
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1248:. 16 May 2017. Archived from
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603:"Hugh McIlvanney (b. 1934)"
224:. He transferred across to
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44:Hugh Montgomery McIlvanney
1326:. Glasgow. 12 August 1999
1320:"The Godfather technique"
640:. Glasgow. 21 August 1999
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244:. He moved on to the
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447:. Mainstream. 1994.
429:. Mainstream. 1982.
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491:. (co-written with
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