What ever happened to David Coleman

I loved his commentaries. Clarke 1-0

He's retired, bust be 82ish.

84 in April.

Porterfield,1-0

Totally disastrous at the 2000 Olympics by which time dementia seemed to be kicking in. Unloved by his colleagues and was sidelined without fanfare or recognition by the BBC, yes he's in a home now.

tHOUGHT HE WAS DEAD

Sorry , wrong David....VINE.

Tevez is God 20 Jan 14:53
Porterfield,1-0


grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


lol

His spitting image puppet was my favourite! Er, quite extraordinary!

He must have been despised by the BBC management

Around the time that he left, there was a huge BBC media jamboree
about another departing commentator.

Murray Walker announced he would be retiring after the F1 season
nearly a year away.

Nothing for David Coleman, who did dozens and dozens of
much more important sporting events than Walker

He was

John McCririck worked on Grandstand as a runner way back when. He claims Coleman was an utter bully (and for someone to bully Big Mac, he must have been a right tyrant) and was despised by anyone who worked on the programme.

My mate saw him in a pub with his first wife, the actress Hilda Baker

It's still a bit petty really, in the scheme of things.
Totally ignored by the BBC since the day he walked out the door.

There's a clip of david having a go at a cameraman on youtube.

Can't remember the athlete involved, might have been Juantorena, but as he sprinted away from the field Coleman said
"and he opens his legs and shows his class"

I sent a quote into Private Eye's 'Colemanballs' column, which got printed. He was reading out the latest scores as they came in and said, 'The score is Middlebrough 0 Middlesbrough 1, and Middlesbrough have now gone 11 matches without a win'.

Some more pearls from DC


Her time about 4.13, which she's capable of.

There is Brendan Foster, by himself, with twenty thousand people...

He is even smaller in real life than he is on the track.

...he just can't believe what's not happening to him.

There is only one winner in this race.

...and the winner is the winner.

Bradford, who had gone up from 200 metres to 400, found it hard going and for the last 100 was always going backwards.

The Test Match begins in ten minutes - that's our time, of course...


Gary Bailey had to choose tonight to miss out on saving that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaL5sOClpBc

Was Coleman was the commentator on the Italy vs Chile game in 1962.
The end of football as we know it.

I bought the bookings on the spread in that game

I still think his cup final & Olympic commentaries from the 1970's were second to none.

you can think what you like about commentaries etc but the man is a cnt. Backtimed interview with a racing personality in 1973 in order to show said rp's gambling prowess. Following week....tipping service. I know ...I worked it.

Went on for at least five years too long.

His latter commentaries on football and athletics were just appaling.

Didn`t he go into the mustard business?

His peak was the LA Olympics 1984

"Steve Ovett,those cold blue eyes......like *****of ice" 1980,Moscow











2Steve

on the 800m he always said 1st lane run in bends instead of first bend run in lanes.

here comes wattle with the throttle

I thought it was Ron Pickering who was responsible for the Juantereno quote.

it was frank bough Big Mac worked with

Chile v Italy 1962


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOtL1m1o_ok

Juantorena was Coleman, though its not worth the repeated mentions it gets. Pickering commentated on field events

I LIKED HIM SAYING THEY THINK ITS ALL OVER,WELL ITS NOT FOR THE STARTER,HES SHOT ONE OF THE RUNNERS

THAT WAS AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES NOT THE DOGS

Was it he who came out with the line about the female Romanian weightlifter? I'm not sure of the accuracy of the quote, but it always makes me chuckle, something like, "I saw her snatch this morning....... and it was magnificent"!!!

I think DC's era preceded wimmin's weightlifting.

Could have been Stuart Storey, he drops clangers too.

when hemery won the gold in the 400m hurdles coleman said who cares whos third
just as a brit won a bronze medal


never did find out his name :(

Sherwood

lol just watched the Battle of Santiago. I wish the BBC was still like that, telling the rest of the world it's sh1t! - "the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football, possibly in the history of the game."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjhC-1W9QTE&feature=PlayList&p=0A9343084C2B2BF2&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=64

When you have finished taking the mickey , watch his fantastic commentary on one of the greatest races of all time.

six..which race is that,mate?

i'll guess the 4x 400m mens relay ..world championship 1991.

1974 1500 metres , commonwealth games Christchurch NZ.

just watched that, what a tremendous race it was. Sad to see that the great John Walker has Parkinson's disease.

he did some MOTD commentaries into the 70s did n't he?

'A quality goal from a quality player! Tony Currie!' was one of his but my favourite was Barry Davies on Franny Lee

'Look at his face! Just look at his face!'

Best (and saddest) commentary I ever heard was Peter Jones at Hillsborough on the day of the disaster. Can remember sitting there listening and choking back tears.Jones was a superb commentator.

From the Independent :

"In 1964, when ITV's World of Sport was established to run against Grandstand on Saturday afternoons, Coleman was unequivocal.

"We'll blow the bast@rds out of the water in six months," he said. And he was magnificently condescending whenever he bumped into the ITV football commentator Brian Moore on FA Cup Final day, in the halcyon era when both main channels covered the match.

"Oh here he comes, seeking an inferior audience again," he would say."

ReaseHeath 21 Jan 20:07


he did some MOTD commentaries into the 70s did n't he?

'A quality goal from a quality player! Tony Currie!' was one of his but my favourite was Barry Davies on Franny Lee

'Look at his face! Just look at his face!'

Best (and saddest) commentary I ever heard was Peter Jones at Hillsborough on the day of the disaster. Can remember sitting there listening and choking back tears.Jones was a superb commentator.

agree jones best for me

"A quality goal from a quality player" was John Motson.

One of Coleman's was "hands like flypaper!" when a keeper caught the ball.

Mitchell... John Walker got Parkinson's??? ..gosh - he was a powerhouse of a man and i'm guessing he'd only be about 59 by now

(was running close to sub4 minute miles in his 40's and his 2k world record from the 70s is still rarely bettered)

You guys must be telepathic.

On Monday I thought I'd read about his life and came to the conclusion that he did NOT suffer fools gladly and was an Ultra=Pro.

Told Eamonn Andrews ( World Of Sport b4 "Dickie Davies") that Grandstand would blow WOS "out of the water" and with him at the helm, they did.

Was hated by The BBC Management and left without any acknowledgement or ceremony yet did innumerable Olympics and World Cups plus "Sportsnight With Coleman" and fronted Grandstand and was the main Guy on that BBC Sports Quiz when Bill Beaumont/Willie Carson/Emlyn Hughes were Captains....plus lots of other stuff and then no goodbyes!

Is he in a Home now?

I posted earlierthat he's in a home, maybe i was thinking of someone else, cant find anything to support that.
It was almost sad (but highly annoying) at the 2000 because his commentaries were just petering away at the climax of Olympic finals and he was missing so much

Sports commentators can get carried away sometimes.... David Coleman, a famed English SPORTS COMMENTATOR, seems to get carried away more than most - here are some of his best moments.


1. That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record.
2. Don't tell those coming in the final result of that fantastic match, but let's just have another look at Italy's winning goal.
3. For those of you watching who do not have television sets, live commentary is on Radio 2.
4. This is a truly international field, no Britons involved.
5. Both of the Villa scorers - Withe and Mortimer - were born in Liverpool as was the Villa manager Ron Saunders who was born in Birkenhead.
6. He's 31 this year - last year he was 30.
7. He won the bronze medal in the 1976 Olympics so he's used to being out in front.
8. We estimate, and this isn't an estimation, that Greta Waltz is 80 seconds behind.
9. Linford Christie's got a habit of pulling it out when it matters most.
10. The late start is due to the time.
11. He's got his hands on his knees and holds his head in despair.
12. He's even smaller in real life than he is on the track.
13. This could be a repeat of what will happen in the European games next week.
14. It's a battle with himself and with the ticking fingers of the clock.
15. Here are some names to look forward to - perhaps in the future.
16. In the Moscow Olympics Lasse Viren came in fifth and ran a champions race.
17. He just can't believe what's not happening to him.
18. One of the great unknown champions because very little is known about him.
19. There'll be only one winner now - in every sense.
20. He is accelerating all the time. The last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before that in 62.
21. The big Cuban opened his legs and showed his class.
22. (At the velodrome) The front wheel crosses the fininsh line, closely followed by the back wheel.