The ball
No surprises here. Jimmy Hill’s been involved with football from
every angle – as a player, coach, manager, chairman, TV executive and
broadcaster – and he picks that spherical object at the root of
so much sporting pleasure as his icon.
“The Ball provides
minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years of physical and mental
pleasure, whilst playing, coaching or viewing. The ball of varied
shape, substance and size is the undisputed icon of English and
worldwide sporting joy, gracing football, cricket, rugby, tennis, golf,
netball, hockey, basketball, squash, badminton, croquet, billiards,
snooker, skittles, bowls, polo, etc. Just
think of the hours and hours of fun that people get from this simple
object”.
Read more about and vote on the ball.
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Jimmy Hill OBE
Football coach, manager, chairman and broadcaster
One of the undisputed faces of English football, Jimmy Hill was a top
flight footballer with Fulham and went on to manage Coventry before
beginning a career in television as Head of Sport at LWT. He’s worked
as an analyst or broadcaster on every World Cup since 1966 and made
over 600 appearances on the BBC’s 'Match of the Day'. He moved to Sky
Sports in 1999 and currently presents ‘Jimmy Hill’s Sunday Supplement’.
