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Tony Gubba (born 23 September 1943, Manchester, England) is a British journalist and sports commentator. He was educated at Blackpool Grammar School in Blackpool, a coastal town in England's North West. The unusual surname originates from what was East Prussia. Gubba began work as a local newspaper reporter in Lancashire before moving up to the job of staff reporter for a national tabloid; The Daily Mirror. He then gained employment as for Southern TV in Southampton, before becoming a BBC correspondent, based in Liverpool. His first Olympic Games as a commentator with the BBC was in 1972,... MORE

Tony Gubba (born 23 September 1943, Manchester, England) is a British journalist and sports commentator. He was educated at Blackpool Grammar School in Blackpool, a coastal town in England's North West. The unusual surname originates from what was East Prussia. Gubba began work as a local newspaper reporter in Lancashire before moving up to the job of staff reporter for a national tabloid; The Daily Mirror. He then gained employment as for Southern TV in Southampton, before becoming a BBC correspondent, based in Liverpool. His first Olympic Games as a commentator with the BBC was in 1972, and he covered every World Cup tournament from 1974 to 2006. In 1972, he was given the job of presenting the popular Sportsnight show, a post he held until 1975. After leaving Sportsnight, Gubba moved on to commentate on a range of sports for the BBC. He made regular appearances on Match of the Day, frequently acted as stand-in presenter on Grandstand and the occasional return to Sportsnight, live international football matches and FA Cup matches. He also commentated on ice-skating, hockey, table tennis, bobsleigh, ski jumping, speed skating, cycling, rowing, judo, golf and tennis and was the main LESS