in the 2020 Birthday Honours for ‘services to international and national sport and to culture in North East England’. References External links Sporting-Heroes.net 1948 births Living people People from Hebburn Sportspeople from Tyne and Wear Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne English sports broadcasters English male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games European Athletics Championships medalists BBC Sports Personality of the Year winners BBC sports presenters and reporters Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor People in sports awarded knighthoods Alumni of the University of Sussex People associated with Leeds Beckett University Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games