Nick Hornby Hornby, the chairman of London and Continental Railways, and Margaret Audrey, Lady Hornby ("née" Withers). He was brought up in Maidenhead, and educated at Maidenhead Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he read English. His parents divorced when he was eleven. Hornby published his first book in 1992, a collection of essays about American Writers such as Tobias Wolff and Ann Beattie, titled "Contemporary American Fiction". Hornby's second book, "Fever Pitch", also published in 1992, is an autobiographical story detailing his fanatical support for Arsenal Football Club. As a result, Hornby received the William Hill Sports Book of the
Sydney University Football Club famous Wallaby would probably be Nick Farr-Jones, who had a long representative career (including World Cup success). Subsequent representatives include Dan Vickerman, Dave Dennis, Dean Mumm, Will Skelton, Nick Phipps, Bernard Foley, Israel Folau, Tom Robertson, Matt Philip and Jake Gordon. Sydney University Football Club The Sydney University Football Club, founded in 1863 (this date is disputed by historian Tom Hickie who argues that it was 1865), is the oldest club now playing rugby union in Australia. The Sydney University Football Club is the oldest club outside of Britain and the eighth oldest in the world after Guy’s Hospital (1843),