Brian Glanville, the doyen of football writers passed away at the age of 93 on Friday.
Glanville, arguably one of the finest football journalists across the world wrote for Sunday Times for three decades at the same time contributed to World Soccer for nearly five decades.
The Times, London described him as the doyen of football writers. In 1960s and 1970s he was the member of the jury board which awards Ballon d’Or.
Glanville spent of his career in Italy and was one of the most influential journalists in Italian football.
Glanville has written 21 novels and several short stories.