Arthur Hopcraft
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Arthur Hopcraft | |
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| Born | 30 November 1932 Shoeburyness, Essex, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 22 November 2004 (aged 71) United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Genres | Screenwriting, film, television |
Arthur Hopcraft (30 November 1932 – 22 November 2004) was an
Career
Hopcraft was born in Shoeburyness, Essex. He soon moved to Cannock, Staffordshire, and as a teen, he started working at local newspapers. By the age of 17, he was reporting on the Stafford Rangers' semi-professional football games using the pseudonym "Linesman." After his service in the military, he worked at the Daily Mirror in Manchester and then The Guardian. He had assignments in west Africa, India and Brazil. In the mid-1960s, he began doing football writing at The Observer as well. From January 1968 he was a regular contributor to the IPC monthly Nova, his articles were mostly stories from his own life.
He was a "self-described loner whose claustrophobia extended to refusing to use the London Underground."[1] He never married, noting that "I tried both sexes, but ended up wishing they would all just go away".[1]
References
External links
- Arthur Hopcraft at IMDb
- Arthur Hopcraft Papers: 1966-1998 and description at the University of Salford
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