Jimmy Hill

Jimmy Hill (James William Thomas Hill, OBE b.22 July 1928  d.19 December 2015) was an professional English footballer and later a television presenter and personality.

During his football playing career he covered almost every role in the sport, including player, trade union leader, coach, manager, director and chairman. After leaving Coventry in 1967, he began a career in sports broadcasting. He was head of sport at LWT from 1968 to 1972, including co-hosting of the 1970 World Cup for ITV. From 1973 to 1988 Hill was host of the BBC's football flagship programme Match of the Day. In 1999, Hill moved from the BBC to Sky Sports to host Jimmy Hill's Sunday Supplement.

Hill died Hill died in December 2015, aged 87.

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