Thierry Roland
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Thierry Roland on 5 June 2012
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| Born | 4 August 1937 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Paris, France |
| Occupation | Sports commentator |
Thierry Roland (French pronunciation: [tjɛʁi ʁɔˈlɑ̃]; 4 August 1937 - 16 June 2012)[1] was a French sports commentator. He was born in the city of Boulogne-Billancourt, and died in Paris of a cerebrovascular event at age 74.[2]
Roland was France's leading football commentator for fifty-nine years.[3] He began his career as a radio journalist for ORTF when he was just sixteen years old.[3] He then became a television sports journalist at the age of twenty.[3] He commentated on more than 1,000 football matches, including thirteen World Cups (beginning with the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile) and nine European Championships.[3]
Bibliography
- La légende de la coupe du monde, Minerva, 1998
- La Fabuleuse histoire de la Coupe du monde, Minerva, October 2002
- Mes 100 plus grands matchs, Larousse, October 2005
- Mes 100 plus grands joueurs, Larousse, May 2006
- 100 % Bleus, Solar, 2008
- Mes 13 coupes du monde, Edition du Rocher, April 2010
- Mes plus grands moments de football, Larousse, May 2012
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