Paul Trevillion

Paul Trevillion (born March 11 1934) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7479322.stm BBC SPORT | Football | The master of movement ] ] is a highly acclaimed British comic/sports artist, whose career spans fifty years.

Born in Tottenham (London), Trevillion, while still at school, produced artwork for publications like Eagle (comic), TV21 and Roy of the Rovers. From the 1960s to the 1980s, Trevillion devised and illustrated pieces for The Daily Mirror, Daily Express, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph and The Times, and in 2006 revived his cult football cartoon You Are The Ref - made famous by football magazine "Shoot!" in the 1970s - for The Observer. A book collecting 50 years of You Are The Ref was published in October 2006. [ [http://www.guardianbooks.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10401&mpe_id=13709&productId=46617&intv_id=34546&fromPage=home&evtype=CpgnClick&catalogId=25501&langId=100&ddkey=ClickInfo] "You Are The Ref: 50 Years of Paul Trevillion's Cult Classic Cartoon Strip"] (published 2006). ] From August 2008, You Are The Ref appeared online at guardian.co.uk. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/youaretheref] "You Are The Ref": online archive at guardian.co.uk. ]

Trevillion, who spent much of the 1960s in the US working with Mark McCormack at IMG for some of the world's biggest brands, is the author and illustrator of over 20 books which have sold worldwide. He also illustrated the famous ‘Gary Player Golf Class’ which appeared in over 300 newspapers worldwide and became the largest syndicated sports feature in the world. Fact|date=June 2008

He has met and drawn some of sport's biggest names, including Pelé, Bobby Moore, George Best, Franz Beckenbauer, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Sugar Ray Robinson and Oscar de la Hoya. As a young man, he also met and drew British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Trevillion's career away from his art has been rich and, at times, bizarre. He worked as a stand-up comedian, supporting the likes of Norman Wisdom and Bob Monkhouse, had a record deal, was crowned world speed-kissing champion, and invented a split-handed golf putting technique. ] He was also the inspiration behind an attempt to boost Leeds United's image in the 1970s. Hired by Don Revie in 1972, his ideas included wearing numbered sock tags (which were subsequently thrown into the crowd as souvenirs) and synchronised warm-ups. ]