The premise of this illuminating biography is to revive appreciation of Learie Constantine, the original West Indies cricket icon and pioneer in so many fields that he seems to have packed four lives ...
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IT was a nice touch of Pendle Council to finally honour the legendary Lord Learie Constantine by unveiling a blue plaque on his old house in Nelson...but it is the least they could do. The late and ...
Learie Constantine was one of the greatest cricketers to come from the West Indies and also a tremendous ambassador for the region. Through the 1930s he played in the Lancashire leagues, establishing ...
Two years after Trinidad and Tobago became independent in 1962, a diplomatic faux pas by Sir Learie Constantine, this country's newly appointed High Commissioner to Britain, was responsible for his ...
One of the finest fielders of his era and exciting with bat and ball, Learie Constantine achieved plenty in and away from cricket. With the bat, he was capable of turning a match in an hour, with the ...
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One of West Indian cricket's first superstars has been honoured in the Lancashire town where he lived. A blue plaque was unveiled in Meredith Street, Nelson, at the former home of Sir Learie ...