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Ted Corbett (journalist)

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Ted Corbett (born 1935), is an English cricket writer and sports journalist.

He is the author of The Great Cricket Betting Scandal (Parrs Wood Press, 2000).[1]

Best known for his cricket journalism, Corbett has also covered both rugby codes, soccer, snooker, golf and athletics. He has reported extensively on behalf of The Hindu, the Financial Times and other publications.

Corbett began his career in 1951, as a tea boy, aged 16, at the Yorkshire Evening Press. During his National Service he edited Japan News, the forces newspaper, in Tokyo.

Following his military service, Corbett returned to York as a sports writer, went on to the Daily Herald, the Daily Mirror, the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express, before becoming cricket correspondent of the Daily Star in 1982.

In 1989, Corbett set up his own sports agency. Ted Corbett is also associated with the Indian daily newspaper "The Hindu" and its supplementary sports digest "The Sportstar".

References

  1. ^ Fiction spun out of facts


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