He was the voice of BBC football for 50 years until he hung up his microphone in 2018.
Football commentatorfootball coverage, with his career with the broadcaster spanning 50 years.“It is with great sadness we announce that John Motson OBE died peacefully in his sleep today ,” a statement from his family read.John enjoyed a distinguished career with the BBC, covering 29 FA Cup finals and 10 World Cups.
He took top billing on Match Of The Day four years later, after his commentary on Ronnie Radford’s famous long-range strike – which helped non-league Hereford knock top-flight Newcastle out of the FA Cup in 1972 – pushed him into the spotlight. Awarded the OBE in 2001 for services to broadcasting, John hung up his microphone for the BBC at the end of the 2017-18 Premier League season.ITV commentator Clive Tyldesley was among the first to pay tribute to John, writing on Twitter: “As a teenager I just wanted to be John Motson. Nobody else. Terribly sad.”February 23, 2023
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