Australian Dictionary of Biography

9 July, 1919
Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

18 February, 1996 (aged 76)
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

heart disease

• Chatswood Public School (Sydney) (student, 1926-1931)
• Chatswood High School (Sydney) (student, 1932-1933)

• newspaper employee (1933-1984) New South Wales, Australia
• cook (1941-1945) Federal, Australia
• journalist (1945-1984) New South Wales, Australia
• sports writer (1945-1984) New South Wales, Australia
• sports administrator (1976-1996) New South Wales, Australia

• World War II (cook, 1941-1945)

• Golden Slipper writer's prize (Sydney Turf Club) (recipient, 1979)
• Golden Slipper writer's prize (Sydney Turf Club) (recipient, 1983)
• Australian Racing Hall of Fame (inductee, 2015)
• Australian Media Hall of Fame (inductee, 2018)

• Illawarra Turf Club (NSW) (vice-president)

• Kembla Grange recreation reserve (NSW) (trustee)

• Racetrack magazine (sports journalist)
• Turf Monthly (sports journalist)
• Arrow newspaper (Sydney) (copy-boy, 1933-1941)
• Referee (Sydney) (copy-boy, 1933-1941)
• Smith's Weekly (copy-boy, 1933-1941)
• Smith's Weekly (sports journalist, 1945-1952)
• Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) (sports journalist, 1952-1965)
• Daily Mirror (NSW) newspaper (sports journalist, 1965-1969)
• Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) (sports editor, 1969-1984)
• Sun-Herald (newspaper) (Sydney) (sports journalist, 1973)