Bud Collins

Arthur Worth " Bud " Collins, Jr. ( born June 17, 1929 in Lima, Ohio, United States) is an American journalist and television tennis commentator.

Biography

Training

After graduating from Berea High School in 1947 Collins studied at Baldwin - Wallace College - also in Berea (Ohio ) - and after his service in the U.S. Army at Boston University. From 1959 to 1963 he worked as a tennis coach at Brandeis University in Waltham (Massachusetts ).

Career as a journalist

Bud Collins started writing as a sports journalist for the Boston Herald. At this time he was a student at Boston University. In 1963 he moved to the Boston Globe, and began the Tenniskommentation for the Boston Public Broadcasting Service WGBH - TV. In the years 1968 to 1972, he worked for CBS Sports during the U.S. Open and 1972 for NBC Sports during the Wimbledon Championships.

During his years at the Boston Globe, he was also a columnist for policy. In 1967 he ran for mayor of Boston.

After 35 years at NBC the station did not want to renew the contract with Bud Collins. The Americans refused to retire and signed in August 2007 at ESPN2.

Other Activities

Collins wrote several books on the sport of tennis. Among other things, The Education of a Tennis Player ( with Rod Laver, 1971), Evonne! On the Move ( with Evonne Goolagong, 1974) and his memoir My Life With the Pros (1989). He produced some tennis encyclopedias such as The Modern Encyclopedia of Tennis, Bud Collins, the tennis Encyclopedia and Total Tennis. In the year 1994, for his services to the sport of tennis, the induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Pictures of Bud Collins

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