In a special episode of the Royal Blue podcast, the ECHO’s Everton reporter Chris Beesley travels to the home and studio of world-renowned sports artist Paul Trevillion.
Dubbed ‘The Master of Movement’, the title of an exhibition of his work showcased at The Strand Gallery in London back in 2014, Trevillion has immortalised the likenesses of some of the biggest names in sport over his stunning career that spans over 70 years.
With his unrivalled ability to capture elite athletes in action, he’s produced illustrations of the likes of Pele, Bobby Moore, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Sir Ian Botham, Sachin Tendulkar, Andy Murray, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Sugar Ray Robinson and Oscar De La Hoya to name just an illustrious few.
It’s his first and most-enduring football idol Dixie Dean who we’re concerned with today though. Paul, who celebrates his 90th birthday on March 11, was transfixed by Dixie ever since he was taken to his first ever game on February 22, 1937, shortly before he turned three, to watch a then Second Division Tottenham Hotspur defeat Everton 4-3 in an FA Cup fifth round replay.
Over two decades later, he’d be reunited with the Blues’ most-prolific marksman as he met up with his boyhood hero to produce the legendary centre-forward’s life story for the Liverpool Echo. This incredible series ran in our newspaper for a marathon 21 weeks during the 1960/61 season.
Still razor sharp and a larger-than-life character and raconteur, Trevillion talks us through his incredible memories of an Everton legend.
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