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Article: Let's set the record straight on the real Eddie Waring
- Article from:
- Yorkshire Post
- Article date:
- January 9, 2008
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As the Yorkshire Post prepares to publish exclusive extracts from
a book charting the life of Eddie Waring, John Ledger talks to the
son of the legendary rugby league commentator.
TONY WARING sounds nothing like his father, which might not
necessarily be a bad thing given the controversy which still
surrounds a man who will forever be regarded as the voice of rugby
league.
Prep school, grammar school, university and a long career as a
marketing executive in the south of England may have left little
trace of Waring's Northern roots, but the 58-year-old remains
fiercely proud of his Yorkshire pedigree.
That pride is fuelled by his relationship with his late father,
whose career and life is ...