from January 1970, with David Vine at the helm for the first seven series. David Coleman succeeded Vine—remaining as presenter until 1997. Vine returned to the series as a guest host in 1989, presenting the final five episodes of series 18 in Coleman's absence. Sue Barker presented A Question of Sport from 1997 until 2021. Sue Barker won the 1976 French Open tennis tournament and reached a World Ranking of 3. Former captains A Question of Sport's first captains were boxer Henry Cooper and rugby union player Cliff Morgan. Over the history of the show, some captains have had long tenures, these include: rugby union player Bill Beaumont making 319 appearances and footballer Ally McCoist making 363 appearances. The show's longest serving captain is Matt Dawson who appeared in the show for 17 years from 2004 to 2021. Former captains, include: 4 rugby union players: Bill Beaumont (1982–1996), Matt Dawson (2004–2021), Gareth Edwards (1979–1982), and Cliff Morgan (1970–1975) 3 cricketers: Ian Botham (1988–1996), Fred Trueman (1976) and Phil Tufnell (2008–2021) 2 jockeys: Willie Carson (1982–1984) and Frankie Dettori (2002–2004) 2 footballers: Emlyn Hughes (1979–1982, 1984–1988) and Ally McCoist (1996–2007) 1 boxer: Henry Cooper (1970-1977) and (1979) 1 long-distance runner: Brendan Foster (1977–1979) 1 snooker player: John Parrott (1996–2002) Guest captains Over the years there have been several guest captains standing in for one of the regulars when they have other commitments. Following Ally McCoist's departure, several guests, including Phil Tufnell, sat in the captain's chair before Tufnell was eventually selected as McCoist's permanent replacement: Bobby Moore, footballer (1968, 1970, 1972 and 1974) Johnny Haynes, footballer (1970) Bobby Charlton, footballer (1972 and 1974–75) Mary Peters, athlete (1976) Alan Pascoe, athlete (1976) John Barnes, footballer (1992) Roger Black, track and field athlete (1992) John Parrott, snooker (1992) Ally McCoist, footballer (1996) Will Carling, rugby union player (1996) Sam Torrance, golfer (1997–98 and 2003) Rob Wainwright, rugby union player (1997) Jonathan Davies, rugby union player (1998) David Ginola, footballer (2000) Matthew Pinsent, rower (2003) Alan Hansen, footballer (2003) Neil Ruddock, footballer (2003–04) Michael Owen, footballer (2004) David Seaman, footballer (2004) Matt Dawson, rugby union player (2004) Bill Beaumont, rugby union player (2004) Tim Henman, tennis player (2004) Jamie Redknapp, footballer (2007) Shane Warne, cricketer (2007) Darren Gough, cricketer (2007) Phil Tufnell, cricketer (2007) Ricky Hatton, boxer (2007) Dennis Taylor, snooker (2008) Gary Speed, footballer (2008) Graeme Swann, cricketer (2014) Michael Vaughan, cricketer (2014)