James Riordan
Novelist, Author
1936 – 2012
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Who was James Riordan?
James Riordan was an English novelist, broadcaster, sports historian, association football player and Russian scholar.
Well known for his work Sport in Soviet Society, the first academic look at sport in the Soviet Union, and for his children's novels.
He claims to have been the first Briton to play football in the USSR, playing for FC Spartak Moscow in 1963.
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- Born
- Oct 10, 1936
Portsmouth - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of Birmingham
- Employment
- Wisconsin Physicians Service
- Lived in
- Portsmouth
- Died
- Feb 10, 2012
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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