That the blokeOriginally Posted by furns
Man is Mr Formula One
That the bloke
Man is Mr Formula One
Oh I'd contend that your inability to remember his name answers all your questions about how synonymous he was with the sport yeah?
alternatively, it could mean he doesn't much care about formula 1 but does remember one thing - that they had the same race caller for decades. i support the member on this one.
i'll also throw in gabriel gate and the tour de france
Gordon Bray & Rugby. But he isn't dead yet..
no but rugby is in this country
I don't watch it that much but I remember this bloke
Be the same as many Bogans who don't follow wog ball but remember that Les Murray bloke when they see the news he died
That's when you know the bloke transcends his sport
Phil Liggott in cycling
Peter Aliss in golf
There be quite a few out there Plague
Ill give you Phil Liggott, and kudos because that is an excellent one.
but no, there arent 'quite a few'.
and id throw him straight back out in a heartbeat.i'll also throw in gabriel gate and the tour de france
vin scully
jim ross
Henry Blofeld retires later this month - last of the "classic" English commentators.
Jim Ross??
Now let's not even start with the semantics of whether rassling is a sport or entertainment etc because that a seperate argument all together
That bloke is although a commentator is still a paid employee of a company putting on Rassling shows
Sort of well outside the lines of real journo and advocate for a sport like we looking at with Les Murray Phil Liggott etc
Not saying JR don't pump up his sports tyres but it is essentially his job to do so anyway
Vin Scully was one of many legendary local broadcasters that were synonymous with individual teams. The fact someone could point to Harry Carey (think that's how it's spelt) and argue his contribution was just as important dilutes all of those baseball guys status.
As for wrasslin' any old person will trump your Jim Ross with gorilla Monsoon, Jesse Ventura and Mean Gene Okerlund.
But the correct answer for WWE is Vince MacMahon.
Alan McGilvray - Cricket. He was the man.
How young are you blokes ? What about Jack Little from WCW [1964-1978] ? WCW was part of the National Wrestling Alliance [NWA] and was around long before WWF or WWE existed or was shown on TV in Australia.
But agree with you that Vince Junior put Wrestling onto the map. Before him it was a lot of little operations pretending to be united under one banner [NWA].
Vince turned it into a billion dollar industry and got it into everyone's homes whether they liked it or not.
Last edited by The Dunster; 02-08-2017 at 10:45 AM.
Not disputing Vince McMahon hasn't had a huge impact on wrestling business
But the initial point is media/journos who have been an advocate for the sport
Vince is neither
Sure as shit he has blown his own sports image to biblical proportions but he ain't a media man
He the promoter
That same philosophy puts Les Murray and Phil Liggott on par with a bloke like Don King then
And we now off on a wild tangent
well i never
The Brits own this.
John Arlott, Brian Johnson, Fred Truman - cricket
Eddie Waring - rugby league (Rex Mossop here)
"Whispering" Ted Lowe - snooker
Peter Aliss - golf
Brian Moore - football (along with Barry Davies, Martin Tyler, John Motson and Hugh Johns)
You guys are doing this wrong.
Les Murray was more than a commentator. He was a TV boss, he had the ears of governments, he worked for the damn international federation.
Plus he did it from such a tiny starting point in the marketplace it can be argued that you can directly tie him to the growth and popularity of the sport.
Get out of here with your Rex Mossop bullshit.
Try better, some of you blokes are god awful at this.
Oh and Member the first people saw of Vince Mac was as a ringside commentator for his organisation.
Carry on.
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