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1. www.bigredbook.info › a_life_refusedThis Is Your Life: A Life Refused - Big Red Book

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   Northern Ireland and Tottenham Hotspur footballer Danny Blanchflower famously refused to appear on This Is Your Life in February 1961. What happened was this. We knew we had no hope of getting Danny to the theatre without his suspecting something.

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3. www.bigredbook.info › article6This Is Your Life article - Big Red Book

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   Danny Blanchflower, Irish and Tottenham Hotspur footballer, became last night the first to refuse to appear in This Is Your Life, which has been running since 1955, and the BBC broadcast instead a programme which told the story of Dr Robert Fawcus, of Chard, Somerset.

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   On 6 February 1961, he also became the first person to turn down the invitation to appear on This Is Your Life, simply walking away from host Eamonn Andrews. Contrary to belief, this incident was not broadcast live on air, but was being recorded to be shown at the beginning of the live transmission.

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6. nostalgiacentral.com › tv-shows-1950s › lifeThis Is Your Life (UK) – Nostalgia Central

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   Only three people turned down This Is Your Life in the history of the show: Author Richard Gordon, comedian Bill Oddie and footballer Danny Blanchflower, who was the first to refuse in February 1961.

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   Jan 16, 2018 · How did a 'This Is Your Life' surprise for footballer Danny Blanchflower backfire so badly and end with the Tottenham Hotspur star storming off the set?

8. www.independent.co.uk › news › peopleObituary: Danny Blanchflower - The Independent

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   Dec 10, 1993 · True, he was never 'one of the lads', preferring to go his own way, as on the day he dismissed Eamonn Andrews by refusing, on live television, to take part in the This is Your Life...

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   Who is Danny Blanchflower?

   • MR BLANCHFLOWER'S TV REFUSAL Danny Blanchflower, Irish and Tottenham Hotspur footballer, became last night the first to refuse to appear in This Is Your Life, which has been running since 1955, and the BBC broadcast instead a programme which told the story of Dr Robert Fawcus, of Chard, Somerset.

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   When was Danny Blanchflower unable to take part in this is Your Life?

   • In the history of This Is Your Life, which has now been transmitted regularly since July 1955, this is the only occasion when the subject has felt unable to take part. Eamonn Andrews recalls the Danny Blanchflower incident in his autobiography, This Is My Life, published in 1963...

   This Is Your Life: A Life Refused - Big Red Book

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   Does Danny Blanchflower have anything to do with 'Tonight Is Your Life'?

   • As Eamonn pronounced the immortal words “Tonight, Danny Blanchflower, This Is Your Life”, the Spurs captain calmly replied “Oh no it’s not” and refused to have anything to do with the show. Both Gordon (1974) and Oddie (2001) were eventually convinced to go ahead with their shows.

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   Who said 'no' to Danny Blanchflower?

   • The man who said "No" was Mr Danny Blanchflower, the Irish and Tottenham Hotspur footballer. Viewers, however, were spared the look on Eamonn Andrews'face, for this was one of the film introductions to the programme. A BBC statement, issued last night, said: "The BBC hoped to tell the story of Danny Blanchflower.

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   What books did Danny Blanchflower write?

   • Danny Blanchflower: The Biography of a Visionary. Orion. ISBN 0-575-06504-4. Danny Blanchflower (1975). Football (Learn Through Strips). Imprint unknown. Danny Blanchflower (1961). The Double and Before. Nicholas Kaye. Danny Blanchflower (1959). Danny Blanchflower's Soccer Book. Frederick Muller. Danny Blanchflower (1955). Soccer my way. Vane.

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   How old was Danny Blanchflower when he joined Tottenham Hotspur?

   • Tottenham Hotspur in 1960 with Danny Blanchflower and both goalkeepers, Bill Brown and John Hollowbread, in the team with Bill Nicholson as manager. Blanchflower signed for Glentoran in 1946, before crossing the Irish Sea and signing for Barnsley for £6000 in 1949, at the age of 23.

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    Spurs and Northern Ireland captain Danny Blanchflower revealed why he turned down This is Your Life, and admitted he was happy to be thought of as “argumentative and a bit difficult,” in 1962.

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