David Coleman

TV Show Host

Birthday April 26, 1926

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace England

DEATH DATE Dec 21, 2013 (87)

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About

Longtime BBC sports personality who hosted sports talk shows, covered football matches, and called Olympic events.

Before Fame

Joining the BBC in 1954 as an assistant and sports editor, he made his first television appearance on the program Sportsview.

Trivia

In all, he covered 11 Olympic games from 1960 to 2000. He called six World Cups as a commentator and covered a seventh one as a presenter.

Family Life

He had six children with his wife Barbara.

Associated With

His malaproprisms were parodied in a trailer sketch by Eric Idle and the Monty Python Troupe, where Idle announced "... And for those of you who don't like television there's David Coleman. And of course there'll be sport. But now for something completely different--sport."