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RIP Murray Walker @ 97

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RIP Murray Walker @ 97

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Postby XFool » March 13th, 2021, 7:03 pm

Murray Walker: A legend with effervescent enthusiasm

BBC Sport

Legend is a word bandied around all too easily, but it is a completely appropriate description of Murray Walker.

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Re: RIP Murray Walker @ 97

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Postby kempiejon » March 13th, 2021, 7:38 pm

XFool wrote:Legend is a word bandied around all too easily, but it is a completely appropriate description of Murray Walker.
nah I don't think it is.

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Re: RIP Murray Walker @ 97

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » March 13th, 2021, 8:07 pm

kempiejon wrote:
XFool wrote:Legend is a word bandied around all too easily, but it is a completely appropriate description of Murray Walker.
nah I don't think it is.

Oh yes it is

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Postby tjh290633 » March 13th, 2021, 11:26 pm

When I was a schoolboy, I remember listening to the TT races, late 1940s, and it would be "Over to Murray on the Mountain". He was just the same then.

TJH

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Postby vagrantbrain » March 13th, 2021, 11:53 pm

I was watching some BTCC highlights from the 90s a couple of weeks ago and it had the classic clip of 2 Toyotas taking each other out with the Murray comment of "the car on it's roof is a Toyota!" Still makes me laugh 20+ years later!

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Re: RIP Murray Walker @ 97

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Postby Dod101 » March 14th, 2021, 1:04 am

He may well be a legend in motor sports. Good luck to him if he is. Motor sports has always seemed to me to be a rather over hyped kids game.

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » March 14th, 2021, 8:08 am

Dod101 wrote:He may well be a legend in motor sports. Good luck to him if he is. Motor sports has always seemed to me to be a rather over hyped kids game.

Dod

Murray Walker never took himself seriously. He was an enthusiast. I think it was his enthusiasm for commentating that I shall remember. That and the thought that at any moment out would come another comical comment.

Here are just a few.

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Re: RIP Murray Walker @ 97

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Postby Mike4 » March 14th, 2021, 9:34 am

Snorvey wrote:
Dod101 wrote:He may well be a legend in motor sports. Good luck to him if he is. Motor sports has always seemed to me to be a rather over hyped kids game.

Dod


All sports are over hyped kids games.


Yes, my friend once referred to the game of table tennis as "ping pong" to a professional table tennis player. That went down a treat. And the correct name for baseball is rounders, obviously.

I'm sure there must be more examples...

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Re: RIP Murray Walker @ 97

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Postby servodude » March 14th, 2021, 9:56 am

Mike4 wrote:
Snorvey wrote:
Dod101 wrote:He may well be a legend in motor sports. Good luck to him if he is. Motor sports has always seemed to me to be a rather over hyped kids game.

Dod


All sports are over hyped kids games.


Yes, my friend once referred to the game of table tennis as "ping pong" to a professional table tennis player. That went down a treat. And the correct name for baseball is rounders, obviously.

I'm sure there must be more examples...


If you haven't seen this it's worth a watch
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_Pong_(2002_film)

I also heard that snooker and darts might be sports?
- I know they take some skill... but so does keeping the stream in the bowl and the Olympics has yet to come calling

-sd

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Postby Mike4 » March 14th, 2021, 10:11 am

servodude wrote:
If you haven't seen this it's worth a watch
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_Pong_(2002_film)

I also heard that snooker and darts might be sports?
- I know they take some skill... but so does keeping the stream in the bowl and the Olympics has yet to come calling

-sd


Wasn't there an serious but unsuccessful attempt about three or four years ago to have chess accepted as an olympic sport?

On checking yes there was, AND they are at it again now!

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ches ... SKCN1Q12N4

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Re: RIP Murray Walker @ 97

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Postby bungeejumper » March 14th, 2021, 10:33 am

Mike4 wrote:Yes, my friend once referred to the game of table tennis as "ping pong" to a professional table tennis player. That went down a treat. And the correct name for baseball is rounders, obviously.

I'm sure there must be more examples...

Try telling a seven foot tall US basketball player that his sport is properly called netball. Or, indeed, tell an American football player that over here we play it without all that gimpy protective gear.

BJ

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Postby moorfield » March 14th, 2021, 4:35 pm

RIP Murray. Your trousers are still on fire, by the way.

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Re: RIP Murray Walker @ 97

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Postby DrFfybes » March 14th, 2021, 5:28 pm

XFool wrote:Murray Walker: A legend with effervescent enthusiasm

BBC Sport

Legend is a word bandied around all too easily, but it is a completely appropriate description of Murray Walker.


His autobiography is excellent.

We should have a vigil in his memory, I gather Clapham is nice at this time of year, although obviously it would make sense to wait until it is no longer illegal ;)

Paul


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