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Life Summary

Name	Alan David McGilvray
Born	6 December, 1909 Birchgrove, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	16 July, 1996 (aged 86) Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	respiratory arrest
Cultural Heritage	Manx Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Richardson, Victor York (work colleague) Hassett, Arthur Lindsay (work colleague) Noble, Montague Alfred (mentor) Moses, Charles Joseph (employer) Ponsford, William Harold (related entry) Hynes, Lincoln Carruthers (teammate)
Education *	Sydney Grammar School (student, 1925-1928)
Occupation or Descriptor *	shoe/boot manufacturer (1928-1961) New South Wales, Australia shoe/boot merchant (1928-1961) New South Wales, Australia cricketer (1933-1937) New South Wales, Australia radio sports broadcaster (1938-1985) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1942-1945) Federal, Australia sports writer (1960-1992) New South Wales, Australia anthology editor (1963-1985) New South Wales, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1985-1992) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier)
Awards	Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1974) Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1980) Advance Australia Award (recipient, 1985) Sport Australia Hall of Fame (inductee, 1985) Australian Media Hall of Fame (inductee, 2017)
Legacies *	McGilvray medal (ABC) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Eastern Suburbs District Cricket Club (NSW) (player) Paddington Cricket Club (Sydney) (player) New South Wales Cricket Team (player, 1933-1937)
Workplaces *	T. McGilvray and Sons (owner, ?-1961) T. McGilvray and Sons (employee, 1929) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (radio cricket broadcaster, 1935-1950) 2UW radio station (Sydney) (radio cricket broadcaster, 1953-1956) 2UE radio station (Sydney) (radio cricket broadcaster, 1956-1959) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (radio cricket broadcaster, 1960-1985)

* Dates are approximate