 In 2007, the Variety Club of Great Britain and the London Press Club presented him with the Edgar Wallace Award for Fine Writing.In December 2008 he was voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and he was inducted in 2009.In 2009 he was bestowed with an honorary degree from Leicester's De Montfort University In 2011 he was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame, located at the Scottish Football Museum.