User:PeterGrecian
Yet another biography. I like writing about notable people who have some connection with.
David Emery (Sports Journalist). Note: David Emery redirects to David F. Emery US politician.
Lillian Board refers to David Emery. Needs wikilink.
David Emery (13 October 1946 - 4 June 4 2023 [1]) was a sports journalist and author. He was chief sports writer and sports editor at the Daily Express, founded a number of sports newspapers, and wrote the biography of Lillian Board Lillian.
In 1966, He was a district reporter on the Surrey Comet, having completed a journalism training course.[2]
He was a talented writer who started his career on the Surrey Comet, before getting his
first job on Fleet Street at the Daily Mail.
He also worked on the Daily Star in its very early years but it was at the Daily Express that he really made his name.
He established himself as one of the top sports writers in the country on the Express, covering the 1984 Olympics where he filed on the Zola Budd/Mary Decker drama.
He also covered the Mexico World Cup in 1986, reporting on Maradona’s Hand of God goal before being appointed sports editor later that year, a position he held for a decade.
David was also a long-time supporter of the Sports Journalists’ Association, serving on the committee and taking over the chairman’s role in 1986.
After leaving the Express in 1996 he worked for the Press Association and he launched Sport First in March 1998, billed as Britain’s answer to L’Equipe and La Gazzetta dello Sport.
the weekly titles – the Football League Paper, Non-League Paper, Cricket Paper and Rugby Paper.
Sports Journalists The Non-League Paper (2000) to The Rugby Paper to the League Paper and The Cricket Paper – over more than two decades with his business Greenways Media.
NLP 2000 https://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/latest-news/441243/a-giant-who-stole-the-show/
[https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/all/columnists/nick-cain/377388/david-emery-honoured-at-rugby-awards The Rugby Paper 2008
In 2003 he was chairman of the Press Golf Society.[3]
https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/featured-news/he-was-the-biggest-influence-on-so-many-fleet-street-careers-express-colleagues-remember-david-emery/ Peter Tozer deputy
https://www.cricketwriters.com/david-emery-a-tribute/ Cricket writers. The Rugby Paper scrummed down in 2008, an energetic stablemate to the Non-League Paper launched by Emery’s company, Greenways Publishing, some seven years earlier.
Founding member of 26.2 Road Runners club, Surbiton. https://www.26point2.co.uk/history/ 1980
https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2016/news/ex-weekly-sports-editor-involved-in-launch-of-new-hockey-paper/ The Hockey Paper. 2016. he Hockey Paper’s editor-in-chief David Emery started his journalism career at the Surrey Comet.
 First edition (US) | |
| Author | David Emery (sports writer) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | Coronet Books/Hodder Paperbacks Ltd |
Publication date | 1971 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 191 |
| ISBN | 9780340156063 |
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Emery |first=David |author-link=[[David Emery (sports writer) |date=1971 |title=Lillian |url= |location= |publisher= |page= |isbn=9780340156063}}
References
Categories
Category:British sports journalists Category:English sportswriters Category:British newspaper publishers
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Probably not notable.
- Surbiton Racket and Fitness Club see Surbiton Trophy
- 26.2 Road Runners Club. Some running clubs Thames Hare and Hounds are included. Category:Running clubs in the United Kingdom