David Emery (sports journalist)
David Emery (13 October 1946 – 4 June 2023
Career
In 1966, he was a district reporter on the Surrey Comet, having completed a journalism training course.[2]
His first job in Fleet Street was with the Daily Mail. He also worked on the Daily Star in its very early years but it was at the Daily Express that he established himself as one of the top sports writers in the country covering the 1984 Olympics where he filed on the Zola Budd and Mary Decker drama.
He also covered the
Emery was also a long-time supporter of the
After leaving the Express in 1996 he worked for the Press Association and he launched the weekly newspaper "Sport First" in March 1998 which quickly achieved a circulation of nearly 100,000.[3]
This was followed by the publication of weekly newspapers "The Football League Paper", "The Non-League Paper" (2000),[4] "The Cricket Paper" [5]and "The Rugby Paper" (2008) and "The Hockey Paper" 2016 [6]by his publishing company Greenways Media.
In 2003 he was chairman of the Press Golf Society[7] and in 1980 was a founding member of 26.2 Road Runners club, Surbiton. [8]
Following the death of his fiancée, international athlete Lillian Board, he wrote her biography and subsequently married her twin sister Irene with whom he had two daughters, Alexandra and Georgie and two sons, Matt and Sam. He also has another son, Jack, with his second wife, Sarah. [5]
References
- ^ "He's quite some man, that Emery..." The Rugby Paper. 11 June 2023.
- ^ "EMERY". www.dailydrone.co.uk.
- ^ Toney, James (5 June 2023). "Remembering David Emery, the journalists' sports editor".
- ^ "A giant who stole the show". The Non-League Football Paper. 10 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Farewell to a true master of his craft". The Cricket Paper. 10 June 2023.
- ^ Sharman, David. "The Hockey Paper to launch on Wednesday - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage". HoldtheFrontPage.
- ^ "Former PGS Captain David Emery Dies – Press Golfing Society". 5 June 2023.
- ^ "History | 26.2 Road Runners Club".