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A Year of Sport

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Tony Lewis looks at the past 12 months of sport.
Joining him at the dinner table - Brian Clough , outspoken and controversial manager of European football champions NOTTINGHAM FOREST; John Arlott , doyen of BBC's cricketing commentary team; TV personality David Coleman and Rachael Heyhoe-Flint , former captain of the ENGLAND women's cricket team. Enjoy their personal memories of 1979 - the year of Sebastian Coe 's triple world record; the Kerry Packer compromise in cricket; the British boxing revival: spearheaded by new world champions Jim Watt and Maurice Hope ; the record-breaking feat of Bjorn Borg at Wimbledon and the magnificent Derby victory of Willie Carson on Troy.
(Highlights: turn 1.30 R2)

Contributors

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Tony Lewis
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Brian Clough
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John Arlott
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David Coleman
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Rachael Heyhoe-Flint
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Sebastian Coe
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Kerry Packer
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Jim Watt
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Maurice Hope
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Bjorn Borg
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Willie Carson
Source: Radio Times

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