Barry Davies
Commentator, TV Personality
1937 –
Who is Barry Davies?
Barry George Davies MBE is a British sports commentator and television presenter. He has covered a wide range of sports in a long career, primarily for the BBC.
Although best known for his football commentary, Davies has commentated on numerous other sports, including tennis, badminton, ice hockey, ice skating, gymnastics, hockey, cycling, beach volleyball and athletics, and primarily in the BBC's Olympics coverage, where he thrice commentated on the opening and closing ceremonies of the Summer Games. He was also the 'Voice of the Boat Race' between 1993 and 2004, until the BBC lost the rights to cover the event, and the presenter of Maestro in the 1980s, a series of interviews with retired sporting legends.
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- Born
- Oct 24, 1937
Islington - Also known as
- Barry George Davies MBE
- Barry George Davies
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of London
- King's College London
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on July 23, 2013
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