David Coleman 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 recognition of his contribution to the Olympic movement. Born
David Edwards (quiz contestant) David Edwards (quiz contestant) David Edwards (born 1947) is a Welsh born Physics teacher, best known as a TV quiz contestant. On 21 April 2001 he became the first man to win the million pounds on the British "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" and only the second person to answer all 15 questions correctly, and hence win the prize, after Judith Keppel. He competed in both series of "Are You an Egghead?", reaching the last 16 in 2008, and the final in 2009, where he lost to fellow "Millionaire" winner Pat Gibson. Born in Barry, Wales, Edwards graduated in