Sports commentator There are however exceptions to this — most of the United Kingdom's leading cricket and snooker commentators are former professionals in their sports, while the former Formula One racing commentator Murray Walker had no formal journalistic training and only limited racing experience of his own. In the United States, George "Pat" Summerall, a former professional kicker, spent most of his broadcasting career as a play-by-play announcer. Although the combination of a play-by-play announcer and a color commentator is standard , in the past it was much more common for a broadcast to have no analysts and just have a single
Brian Moore (commentator) Brian Moore (commentator) Brian Baden Moore (28 February 1932 – 1 September 2001) was an English sports commentator and television presenter who covered nine World Cups and more than 20 Cup finals. Moore was born in Benenden, Kent, and educated at Cranbrook School, Kent, which was also the school of fellow commentators Peter West and Barry Davies. Brian Moore began his career in newspapers. His first job, in 1954, was as a sub-editor on the monthly World Sports magazine. He then worked for "The Exchange Telegraph" for two years before moving to "The Times" in 1958. In 1961, Moore became