David Coleman
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David Robert Coleman OBE (26 April 1926 – 21 December 2013) was a British sports commentator and TV presenter who served with the BBC for 46 years.
Coleman anchored eleven Summer Olympic Games, from 1960 to 2000, and six football World Cups, as well as Grandstand and Sportsnight.
In 2000, he decommissioned from the BBC.
Later this year, he became the first broadcaster to receive the Olympic Order award for his service to the Olympic movement.
Early life
Coleman, who was born in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, of Irish origins (his immediate family was hailed from County Cork), was a keen amateur runner. He competed as a middle-distance runner for a schoolboy. Coleman won the Manchester Mile as a member of Stockport Harriers in 1949, the only non-international runner to do so. In 1952 (116th, 3rd team) and 1953 (118), he competed in the English National Cross-Country Championships for Manchester Athletic Club (116th, 3rd team) and 1953 (118). Staffordshire's 440 yards (14 mile) was the fastest he's ever ran. He was forced to give up on athletics after being wounded, and he then became president of the Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletics Club.
Coleman was a reporter for the Stockport Express. He was called up for national service in 1946. He served in the Royal Corps of Signals and worked for the British Army Newspaper Unit. In Kenya, he spent part of his time in national service. After demobilization, he joined Kemsley Newspapers and became editor of the Cheshire County Express at 22 years old. Due to hamstring injuries, he was unable to participate in the 1952 Olympic trials. Rather, he visited the BBC to see if they would like any assistance with athletic coverage. Despite the fact that he did not have an audition, the BBC asked him to cover Roger Bannister at Bradford City Police Sports. He began freelance radio work in Manchester in the following year.
Personal life and honours
Barbara Manning was married in 1952 in north-east Cheshire. They had six children. Anne (born 1954) was a British ladies' show jumping champion. Michael (born 1962) was a Panavia Tornado navigator who served in the Gulf War in 1991 and later became a Squadron Chief. In 1955 and 1969, they had twin sons and two other daughters. He lived in Warwickshire and Buckinghamshire.
Coleman received the OBE for services to broadcasting in 1992 New Year's Honours List. In the 1996 Royal Television Society Awards, he was also given the Judges' Award for Sport. He became the first journalist or broadcaster to be honoured with the Olympic Order in 2000.