Roy Williams is still the only New Zealander to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the demanding decathlon event. His gold medal triumph came in the steamy heat of Kingston, Jamaica, in 1966.

Now he's written a book: Sports Crazy - a Lifetime in Kiwi Sport.

In the autobiography Williams describes his own successful athletic career at a time when New Zealand athletes was enjoying world-wide success. Indeed, Williams' own career was inspired by his sister Yvette, the first New Zealand woman to win an Olympic gold medal in any sport, in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

But aside from describing his own outstanding athletics career, the book also covers Williams' long coaching career, begun in 1970 and which continues today, his contribution via sport's administration, and his role in the funding of sport in New Zealand.

It is a book that highlights a unique period in New Zealand sport, seen through the eyes of someone who has devoted a lifetime of service to the sport he loves.

This is a great story by one of New Zealand's great athletes and gentlemen.

Sports Crazy - a Lifetime in Kiwi Sport by Roy Williams will be available soon through all good bookstores.