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 Barker (zoologist) His son is also married with children. David Barker (zoologist) David Barker (18 February 1922 – 7 January 2009) was a United Kingdom zoologist and neurologist specialising in animal neuroanatomy. He was professor emeritus of zoology at the University of Durham and is honoured by the annual award of the David Barker Prize in Zoology. In February 1963 he published "Zoology and Medical Research". Barker studied anatomy at the University of Oxford from 1941 to 1943 under the tutellage of John Zachary Young. Until his death in January 2009 he lived in Durham with his wife, the author Pat Barker.