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James Alexander Gordon,Voice of BBC Radio Football Results, Has Died

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James Alexander Gordon, the voice of BBC radio football results for 40 years, has died after a brave fight with cancer.He had to retire in 2013 after his larynx was removed.


http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/18/james-alexander-gordon-dies-football-results

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    Gordie10Gordie10 Posts: 2,497
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    RIP to my namesake, a broadcasting legend to all football fans nationwide. :(
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    robotrobot Posts: 1,181
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    A totally unique voice, instantly recognisable.
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    HarrisonMarksHarrisonMarks Posts: 4,360
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    Somewhere in heaven, East Fife are shading a nine goal thriller against Forfar.
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    GORTONIANGORTONIAN Posts: 8,673
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    Lovely bloke like the great Ray Moore instantly recognisable voice
    RIP
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    neilwatsonneilwatson Posts: 31,536
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    RIP to a great man. I grew up listening to his voice
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    mr williamsmr williams Posts: 1,744
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    There was a lovely tribute to him from Jimmy Armfield on R4's Today programme this morning, and he reminded us that in the days before satellite and multi-channel TV (and when even teletext was in its infancy) very often the first time you'd hear how your team got on, particularly if they were in the lower leagues, was with JAG reading the results on Sports Report. A little transistor radio and earpiece was all many of us had in those seemingly far off days!

    Iconic voice of his era along with Peter Jones and Bryon Butler and he will be greatly missed.
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    carl.waringcarl.waring Posts: 35,705
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    And so soon after his retirement too. That's even more upsetting :(
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    Mark FMark F Posts: 54,038
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    carl.waring wrote: »
    And so soon after his retirement too. That's even more upsetting :(

    Read he had cancer so guess that was the reason for retiring.
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    ftvftv Posts: 31,668
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    Mark F wrote: »
    Read he had cancer so guess that was the reason for retiring.

    He had his larynx removed which created obvious problems. Apparently when BBC Sport moved to Salford he was allowed to stay in London and read the results from a tiny studio in BH with his producer at his side.
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    leslie123leslie123 Posts: 2,506
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    Remember him reading the news on Radios 1 and 2. His handovers to David Hamilton at 2.02 pm back in 1976 and presenting various music shows for Radio 2 such as You and the Night and the Music.
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