Thierry Roland

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]

Thierry Roland
Thierry Roland on 5 June 2012
Born(1937-08-04)4 August 1937
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Died16 June 2012(2012-06-16) (aged 74)
Paris, France
Resting placePassy Cemetery
NationalityFrench
OccupationSports commentator
EmployerTF1

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 UEFA European Championships.[3][4]

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

Commentator style

Some of Thierry Roland's expressions in his comments of matches, such as: "These two will not spend their holidays together", "Broke like a rabbit in full flight", "He swallowed the trumpet", "The balloon is went in the zig and he went in the zag "," He did not make the trip for nothing "or" This is not the right line of Longchamp ", contributed to his popularity.

But, he was also very criticized for his frankness, for his insults towards the referee ("Mr. Foote, you are a bastard !"[5][6][7]) or about a Romanian referee "I've never seen such a manure! Michel Hidalgo told me yesterday that Romanians were the easiest to buy ", its sexism and some expressions with racist connotation or simply abusive. Thus, commenting on the final of the 1966 Coupe de France for the ORTF, he explained after the victory of RC Strasbourg that "the Cup left France".

His particular style earned him a recurring caricature of the humorous show Les Guignols de l'info.

Tribute

Following the death of Thierry Roland, a minute of silence was observed in his honor during the France-Sweden UEFA Euro 2012 match in Kiev.[8]

On February 6, 2013, the press gallery of the Stade de France was renamed to its name, during the France-Germany friendly match.[9]

References
  1. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/french-tv-commentator-thierry-roland-dies/story-fn3dxity-1226397542632
  2. "Thierry Roland, voix du football, est mort". Le Figaro. 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  3. Wiesenfeld, Michael (2012-06-17). "Tribute: Thierry Roland, the Legendary Voice of Football in France". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  4. "Thierry Roland: Football commentator known for his faux pas". The Independent. 2012-06-23.
  5. "Mr Foote vous êtes un salaud !".
  6. "Thierry roland pète les plombs".
  7. "" M. Foote vous êtes un salaud ", le meilleur du pire de Thierry Roland". Ouest-France. 2013-09-26.
  8. « Euro : minute de silence avant France-Suède pour Thierry Roland », La Dépêche.fr, 18 juin 2012.
  9. « Une tribune Thierry-Roland au SDF », L'Équipe.fr, 7 novembre 2012.


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