James Lawton

James Lawton was a British sports journalist and biographer who served as Chief Sports Writer for both the Daily Express and The Independent. He collaborated with leading sports personalities, including Sir Bobby Charlton, on their autobiographies. He was named Sports Writer of the Year by the Sports Journalists' Association in 1988 and Sports Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards, later winning the SJA's Columnist of the Year in 2005 and Feature Writer of the Year in 2006.