FOOTBALL COMMENTATOR BRIAN MOORE DIES ITV's former "voice of football" Brian Moore has died. Moore, 69, died at his home in Kent, surrounded by his family. He joined LWT in 1967 and his commentating career spanned three decades before he retired at the end of the 1998 World Cup final in France. Friends and former colleagues tonight paid tribute to Moore, who died just hours before England's clash against Germany. Ex-Arsenal goalkeeper and sports commentator Bob Wilson said nobody had a bad word to say about him. "I am just very privileged to have known him the way I got to know him," he told ITV. "I think that if I had to give a tribute to Brian as a commentator it would be that I don't think there is anyone in the world of football, and football is a big world, who had a bad word to say about him." Moore came from a modest background in Benenden in rural Kent - his parents were farm labourers and the family lived in a council house. He won a scholarship at the age of 11 to Cranbrook in Kent. At school Moore was the first XI captain of cricket, and he continued to play throughout his life as a member of Kent County Cricket Club. He began his journalistic career sub-editing for World Sports, then worked on the Exchange Telegraph for two years and The Times for three. In 1961 Moore became a presenter for BBC Radio and commentated on the 1966 World Cup Final. He joined ITV in 1968 and commentated on its flagship Midweek Sports Special from 1978 until he was sacked in 1986. Moore was ITV's "voice of football" for 31 years until his retirement. He then made a comeback on Sky Sports in 1999 with a series of 20 interviews with footballers of the past.

-- Anonymous, September 02, 2001

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RIP

first remember him from World of Sport with Dickie Davies....

-- Anonymous, September 02, 2001

.... he was one of the best imo. Seemed like a real nice blerk too.
Sad loss.

-- Anonymous, September 02, 2001

He was my dad's CO in the RAF. RIP

-- Anonymous, September 02, 2001

One of the best. Thanks for some great commentries - IMHO better than the Beeb could do at the time. Sad loss. RIP

-- Anonymous, September 02, 2001

Very sad to hear of his passing. RIP

However, he still annoyed the pants off me as a commentator with his unnecessary emphasis on the most mundane of passes / tackles / nose blowing. Wasn't his last commentating game our Arse FA cup disaster?

-- Anonymous, September 03, 2001

A voice and face we all grew older with. RIP

-- Anonymous, September 03, 2001

rip

-- Anonymous, September 03, 2001