Arthur Montford
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Arthur Montford (born 1934, Glasgow, Scotland) is a former Scottish television sports journalist, best known for his 32 year tenure as the presenter of Scottish Television's Scotsport. Although he was most associated with football, he covered a number of other sports for ITV, notably golf.
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[edit] Early life
Montford was raised in Greenock. He is a lifelong supporter of local football club Greenock Morton.
[edit] Journalism
Montford worked as both a print journalist and radio broadcaster before joining Scottish Television in August 1957 as a continuity announcer. He was then chosen to present STV's new sports programme, Scotsport (originally Sports Desk), where he remained the anchorman until his retirement in 1989. In all, he hosted over 2,000 editions of the programme. During his time on Scotsport, Montford became famous for his trademark checkered pattern sports jackets, and some classic lines of football commentary, including What a stramash! and Disaster for Scotland!.[1]
During the 1978 World Cup, a technical fault with the feed from Argentina prevented ITV from broadcasting Hugh Johns commentary on the Scotland-Peru game so Montford's commentary, originally only intended for Scottish viewers, was used on the entire network (the same fault affected the BBC in reverse, with Scottish viewers having to listen to David Coleman instead of Archie MacPherson).
Since his retirement, Montford has continued to comment on Scottish Football, both in the national press and in the matchday programme at Morton. In 1990 he narrated the film documentary Scotland: The World Cup Story.[2] In late 2010 Montford served as an occasional commentator on the Greenock Morton webcast.
In May 2010, Montford received the SPFA Special Merit award for his services to football broadcasting and journalism alongside fellow broadcaster Archie Macpherson.[3]
[edit] Other positions
He served as a director of Greenock Morton for several years under the chairmanship of his close friend Douglas Rae. Though no longer a director, Montford is still affiliated with the club as an Honorary Vice-President.
In 1974, Montford was elected as Rector of the University of Glasgow, the first sports journalist to receive the honour. He remained in the position until 1977.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Arthur Montford". theglasgowstory.com. http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSF00059. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "Scotland: The World Cup Story 1990". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373296/. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "Gers trio claim awards". Sky Sports. 2 May 2010. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11781_6130183,00.html. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "Biography of Arthur Montford". University of Glasgow. http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH1062&type=P. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
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| Preceded by Jimmy Reid |
Rector of the University of Glasgow 1974–1977 |
Succeeded by John L. Bell |
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