Jimmy Magee

knucklehead6

Has passed away. RIP

gramar

He'll live long in the memory.

elefant

Different class.

Different class!

Uriel.

Legend. RIP.

McMurphy

said it all.

http://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1411-radio-sports-commentary/1453-jimmy-magee/365159-jimmy-magee-on-commentating-as-a-seven-year-old/

RIP memory man.

jacool

RIP

Green Peter

Rip Jimmy, brilliant commentator, lovely man, legend

The Backwards Man

The pigeon, the symbol of peace!

RIP

Always number 1

RIP.
Very sad to hear this. Hopefully somewhere somehow he is reunited with his beloved wife and son.

Bishopsback

Rip Jimmy, will always be fondly remembered.

Beechwoodspark

Different class, different class!!!

Legend

The_Kew_Tour

His naming of all the Olympic medals we won as John Tracey was about to win Silver in 1984 was one of the great pieces in any Sports Commentary. Not that he load to remember but was still elegant

kfallon

Different class.....he was just that himself.
R.I.P. to a legend

beertons

Just read there that the memory man passed away last night.

munsterlegend

Sad to hear he has passed away. A legend of growing up in Ireland in the 70's and 80's where a lot of us had only the two channels. Maradona and Treacy commentaries live in the memory but also know your sport and ask jimmy. There was no google in those days.

RIP Jimmy.

Omackeral

beertons wrote: »

Just read there that the memory man passed away last night.

Thread here already

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057788970/1/#post104729082

Kimbot

MOD Threads merged

osarusan

Netherlands with 3 out of 3 penalties so far... and now it's 4 out of 3!...which would be a bit of an effort wouldn't it, 4 out of 3...make it 4 out of 4.

RIP Jimmy.

super_furry

Really sad news. Bobby 'The Brain' Hennan yesterday, Jimmy Magee today, two big voices from my childhood watching sport.

beertons

No more of the memory man.

Kerrydude1981

Always sad when someone that you grew up watching passes away,remember the old man used be a big fan of Know Your Sport and that rubbed off on me,its something RTE havent come close to since

RTE should have a whole night of programmes in tribute to Jimmy Magee

RIP

eigrod

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Always sad when someone that you grew up watching passes away,remember the old man used be a big fan of Know Your Sport and that rubbed off on me,its something RTE havent come close to since

RTE should have a whole night of programmes in tribute to Jimmy Magee

RIP

They should get the Apres Match crew to do something for a couple of hours. A mixture of the serious and the humorous from Jimmy's career with a dig deep into the archives for footage.

RIP Jimmy.

blinding

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Always sad when someone that you grew up watching passes away,remember the old man used be a big fan of Know Your Sport and that rubbed off on me,its something RTE havent come close to since

RTE should have a whole night of programmes in tribute to Jimmy Magee

RIP

RIP Jimmy McGee .

A lovely escort to the goal for Maradona by the English players .

heretochat

Had the privelege of meeting this great man a couple of years ago. So approachable and glad to chat sport for a few minutes. Left a lasting impression on me.

RIP

razorblunt

A legend. Nowadays with every commentator trying to find a niche of a bit of controversy it shows that he definitely was different class. Just got on with it, no soundbites, no controversial opinions.

RIP Jimmy.

Der Stier

RIP.
He was a great commentator.

marvin80

His love of sport shone through in his commentating - RIP Jimmy

https://twitter.com/MallowNews/status/910399597125791744

snowflaker

Met him in the National Stadium shortly after his wife died. Lovely man, a gentleman in every respect

fryup

and remember he commentated at a time when there was no co-commentator ..most of the time he did it all on his own

bit biased it must be said, but he'll be missed

RIP Jimmy

redandwhite

Unique.

RIP

shamrock55

Ah poor Jimmy,the world of sport won't be the same,what a great life he had though going to all these sporting occasions most of us could only dream of RIP

AndyBoBandy

For some reason I’ll always remember the following quote when the game kicked off;

“High Noon in Orlando”

Ireland v Holland, USA ‘94

RIP Jimmy, you were 1 in a billion

Sugar Free

I used to never be able to understand how people could be saddened by the death of someone they never knew but this...:(

So many memories from summer holidays growing up as a kid associated with his voice, especially World Cup '94 and Atlanta '96.

The living embodiment of what it meant to be passionate about what you do.

Jobs OXO

Himself and Bill are hopefully up in the big studio in the sky.

topper75

I remember him most for the McGuigan fights. They were special.
I could hear more enthusiasm in his voice than the soccer. I'm not sure he was overly fond of that sport deep down. But he did get a kick out of pronouncing the foreign names.

murpho999

topper75 wrote: »

I remember him most for the McGuigan fights. They were special.
I could hear more enthusiasm in his voice than the soccer. I'm not sure he was overly fond of that sport deep down. But he did get a kick out of pronouncing the foreign names.

I disagree, I think he liked football a lot.

His "Different Class" commentary on Maradona's second goal against England in '86 was different class itself.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I knew Jimmy and his real love was boxing. The football was an interest and paid the bills but he adored boxing.

We used to slag him that he was great but only in small doses, when he would go on one of his long long rambling stories.

R.I.P James.

jmayo

He was special and will always be associated in my mind with special sporting moments like indeed the Maradona goal or Treacy's silver in the marathon in LA.

Thinking back he never seemed rattled, never seemed ratty, never seemed overcome with excitement like you hear some commentators.
He just seemed cool and collected and boy did he know his stuff.

I don't recall him ever having a go about a sports person not performing.
He would remind me of Larry Gogan on just a minute quiz, where no matter how bad someone was they weren't lambasted or ridiculed.

Jimmy could make sport enjoyable to listen to and there was an enthusiasm coming through.
Jimmy in my view ranks up there with guys like Peter Alliss, Bill McLaren, Peter O'Sullivan, Murray Walker.

A different class, a class apart.
RIP.

mikhail

marvin80 wrote: »

His love of sport shone through in his commentating - RIP Jimmy

https://twitter.com/MallowNews/status/910399597125791744

I like that people have such fondness for him across the board that the few jokes in the thread read as deeply affectionate rather than disrespectful.

Agricola

Going to miss Jimmy's coverage of the opening match of the day at major tournaments. He'd make you want to sit down and watch Saudi Arabia v Costa Rica.

check_six

About 25 years ago Jimmy Magee appeared on the Late Late Show talking about planning for retirement and wishing to do one more commentating gig on the US Masters Golf before he finished up. He was like the Grand Old Man of RTE talking down to the young stripling, Gay Byrne. He was coy about his age then and I kind of assumed he was a very energetic 70+ year old then. I am slightly taken aback to find out that he was younger than Byrne.

He was one of a kind and his lively commentary brightened up any event and made it compelling (thinking in particular of some of the really turgid football on display in Italia '90 that he made entertaining). I think his swansong may have been the Boxing in the 2012 Olympics. The energy was still in the voice even if what he was saying didn't necessarily match up with what was happening.

An institution who will be missed.
RIP Jimmy.

JamesM

Before Jimmy was known as a sports commentator, he hosted a show on RTE radio in the early 60s from 11 to 12 on a Wednesday night called "The Millionaires". He played songs that had sold a million copies. It was one of the few chances to hear pop music on Irish radio in those days.
RIP Jimmy.

MonkieSocks

R.I.P

uch

Met him at a Steve Collins fight in the Point in the 90's, always had time to stop and chat, absolute Gent,

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

Noveight

Have many fond memories of both himself and Bill O'Herlihy. Men apart.

secman

Rip Jimmy, a lovely lovely person, knowing his absolute love of boxing it's apt that both Jimmy and Jake La Motta died today and will have great discussions at the pearly gate. Both of them born in New York too.

Passenger

The Memory Man and most certainly a memorable man.

RIP Jimmy

511

Great memory, but brutal commentator. He never knew anything about the sport he commentated and tried to overcompensate for this reminiscing about past experiences at previous event he attended. Any auld gobshíte can utter "different class" twice when a player is dribbling with the ball. People citing that as an example of his legendary commentary have really low standards.

ToddyDoody

A gentleman of sport. May they all laugh at the gee reference in heaven.

A genuinely good-natured man who loved doing what he did and it came across as such in his work.

Purple Mountain

A gentle gentleman.
Sympathy to his family and friends.