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Thread #128262   Message #2870029
Posted By: GUEST,Tunesmith
23-Mar-10 - 11:07 AM
Thread Name: OBIT:Harry Carpenter 1925-2010 UKSportsCommentator
Subject: RE: OBIT:Harry Carpenter 1925-2010 UKSportsCommentator
It would be interesting to hear two sports commentators commentary on the same event for comparison reasons. For example, I clearly remember David Coleman's ( BBC) and Adrian Metcalf's ( ITV) commentary on David Hemery's famous 400m hurdles victory at the 1968 Olympics. Adrian ( the greatest ever athletic commentator) commentary is terrific but David's is not! And, of course, David included one of his famous "Coleman Balls" mistake when he said at the end of the race " Hemery wins, the German is second and who cares who's third!". Unfortunately for David, the third place finisher was British athlete John Sherwood!