Thierry Roland

Thierry Roland 4 August 1937 16 June 2012 was a French sports commentator He was born in the city of BoulogneBillancourt and died in Paris of a cerebrovascular event at age 74 Roland was Frances leading football commentator for fiftynine years He began his career as a radio journalist for ORTF when he was just sixteen years old He then became a television sports journalist at the age of twenty He commentated on more than 1000 football matches including thirteen World Cups beginning with the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile and nine UEFA European Championships Source Article Thierry Roland from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30