Jimmy Magee
Jimmy Magee was an American-born Irish sports broadcaster, known as "The Memory Man", he spent over half a century in sports broadcasting, and presented radio and television coverage of the Olympic Games since 1968 and the FIFA World Cup since 1966. By the time of his retirement he was the longest-serving sports commentator in the English-speaking world.
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- New York City
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Trending topics shown first"They're going for silver, they’re going for gold. John Treacy has one hundred metres to go. In the past Ireland have won bronze medals with John Caldwell, Freddie Gilroy, ‘Socks’ Byrne, Jim McCourt, H…"
"If you only knew the dreams in that little boy's head all those years ago. You don't know how lucky I am. I will never retire because even if they retire me, I'll find something else to do."
"This is the 671st game in World Cup history, starting all the way back in 1930 in Uruguay … and no I haven't seen them all."
"A modest young lady with her head the same size as it was when she was a child."
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1935
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