Firmanın sponsor olduğu Yılın Spor Kitabı Ödülü ilk kez 1989 yılında düzenlenmiş. Adı üzerinde sadece futbol kitapları değil neredeyse akla gelen tüm spor dalları üzerine kitapları yılın kitabı olarak şereflendirmiş. Aşağıdaki listeye göz atabilirsiniz:
Winners of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year | ||||
Year | Title | Author(s) | Featured subject(s) | Featured sport |
1989 | True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny | Dan Topolski,Patrick Robinson | The Boat Race | Rowing |
1990 | Rough Ride: An Insight into Pro Cycling | Paul Kimmage | Paul Kimmage | Cycling |
1991 | Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times | Thomas Hauser | Muhammad Ali | Boxing |
1992 | Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life | Nick Hornby | Nick Hornby | Football |
1993 | Endless Winter: The Inside Story of the Rugby Revolution | Stephen Jones | Rugby football | Rugby football |
1994 | Football Against the Enemy | Simon Kuper | Football | Football |
1995 | A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour | John Feinstein | PGA Tour | Golf |
1996 | Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing | Donald McRae | Boxing | Boxing |
1997 | A Lot of Hard Yakka: Cricketing Life on the County Circuit | Simon Hughes | Simon Hughes | Cricket |
1998 | Angry White Pyjamas: An Oxford Poet Trains with the Tokyo Riot Police | Robert Twigger | Robert Twigger | Aikido |
1999 | A Social History of English Cricket | Derek Birley | Cricket | Cricket |
2000 | It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life | Lance Armstrong,Sally Jenkins | Lance Armstrong | Cycling |
2001 | Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse | Laura Hillenbrand | Seabiscuit | Horse racing |
2002 | In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens | Donald McRae | Joe Louis,Jesse Owens | Athletics,Boxing |
2003 | Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football | Tom Bower | Football | Football |
2004 | Basil D'Oliveira: Cricket and Conspiracy: the Untold Story | Peter Oborne | Basil D'Oliveira | Cricket |
2005 | My Father & Other Working Class Football Heroes | Gary Imlach | Stewart Imlach | Football |
2006 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Geoffrey Ward | Jack Johnson | Boxing |
2007 | Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough | Duncan Hamilton | Brian Clough | Football |
2008 | Coming Back to Me: The Autobiography of Marcus Trescothick | Marcus Trescothick,Peter Hayter | Marcus Trescothick | Cricket |
2009 | Harold Larwood | Duncan Hamilton | Harold Larwood | Cricket |
2010 | Beware of the Dog: Rugby's Hard Man Reveals All | Brian Moore | Brian Moore | Rugby football |
2011 | A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke | Ronald Reng | Robert Enke | Football |
2012 | The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs | Tyler Hamilton,Daniel Coyle | Tyler Hamilton,Lance Armstrong | Cycling |
2013 | Doped: The Real Life Story of the 1960s Racehorse Doping Gang | Jamie Reid | William Roper, Micheline Lugeon | Horse racing |
2014 | Night Games: Sex, Power and a Journey into the Dark Heart of Sport | Anna Krien | "Justin Dyer" | Australian Rules Football |
2015 | The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football | David Goldblatt | Football | Football |
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