David Coleman at his home in Berkshire after a short illness. David Coleman David Robert Coleman OBE (26 April 1926 – 21 December 2013) was a British sports commentator and TV presenter who worked for the BBC for 46 years. He covered eleven Summer Olympic Games from 1960 to 2000 and six football World Cups. Coleman presented some of the BBC's leading sporting programmes, including "Grandstand" and "Sportsnight", and was the host of "A Question of Sport" for 18 years. He retired from the BBC in 2000. Later that year he became the first broadcaster to receive the Olympic Order award, in
David Barker (cricketer) David Barker (cricketer) Philip David Barker (born 22 September 1951) is an English former cricketer and field hockey player. In cricket, Barker was a right-handed batsman who bowled both left-arm medium pace and slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Edmonton, Middlesex. Barker made his debut for Suffolk in the 1972 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. In 1974, he made his only first-class appearance for Oxford University against Nottinghamshire. In this match, he scored 14 runs in the Oxford first-innings, before being dismissed by Bill Taylor. In their second-innings, he scored a single run before being dismissed by Barry Stead.