Harry Carpenter RIP

[Man of Harveys]

A very sad loss IMHO: truly great commentator.

"And your carpenter is Harry Commentator", as Frank Bough once said on Grandstand.

 

[gripper stebson]

Memories of Sportsnight on a Wednesday night when I was a kid. RIP

 

[corkster]

R.I.P. another legend gone

 

[Barry Izbak]

Memories of Sportsnight on a Wednesday night when I was a kid. RIP

What he said

 

[User removed 4]

A very sad loss IMHO: truly great commentator.

"And your carpenter is Harry Commentator", as Frank Bough once said on Grandstand.

thats not the only ' line' that frank is notorious for is it ?

 

[Gritt23]

He is an integral memory from my childhood.

Thanks Harry, RIP.

 

[fire&skill]

Very sad. Puts me in mind of the Japanese light/middleweight that was suicidal after losing his title in the early 70s.

He went home and committed Hari Karpenter.

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Very sad, he joins an ever-growing list of definitive commentators that have passed away recently - Bill McLaren, Frindall, Gutteridge.

Murray Walker must be shitting himself.

 

[Marc]

Murray Walker must be shitting himself.

Murrays fine, he was in Australia last weekend so at least he's still getting around!

RIP "Know what I mean Harry?"

 

[User removed 4]

Murrays fine, he was in Australia last weekend so at least he's still getting around!

RIP "Know what I mean Harry?"

Murray walker , quality lines, ' mansell's slowing down , he's taking it easy, no he's not it's a new lap record !'

 

[smudge]

Memories of some great fighters with his commentary always spot on.
John H Stracey, Dave Boy Green, Ken Buchanan, Alan Minter, but my favourite was Mark Kaylor vs Errol Christie. Fantastic fight.

Then there was the banter with Big Frank; it would have been very easy to patronise Bruno, but Harry had enourmous respect for all fighters.

Top bloke.

 

[Easy 10]

Murray walker , quality lines, ' mansell's slowing down , he's taking it easy, no he's not it's a new lap record !'

"Well let's, uh, lugsh, luxurrriate in a little hypothesis and try to work out what, if anything, is wrong with Alain Prost." (Prost was being caught by Berger late in the race.) "Has he got tire problems? Very unlikely. Is Prost having fuel trouble? Well, who knows? I think it's a bit unlikely. Is Prost having gearbox trouble? I can't tell you. And since P, uh, Prost is unlikely to come on the radio and let me know, you'll have to guess along with me."

 

[Man of Harveys]

In amongst all the inevitable stuff about Frank Bruno - or "Mr Dettori" to you and me - I hope that his excellent relationship with (Bushy's namesake) Muhammed Ali doesn't get overlooked either: there's some quality "when Harry met Ali" footage from the '60s knocking around.

 

[User removed 4]

Memories of some great fighters with his commentary always spot on.
John H Stracey, Dave Boy Green, Ken Buchanan, Alan Minter, but my favourite was Mark Kaylor vs Errol Christie. Fantastic fight.

Then there was the banter with Big Frank; it would have been very easy to patronise Bruno, but Harry had enourmous respect for all fighters.

Top bloke.

which do you reckon was the better fight between kaylor and christie , the one inside or the one outside the ring ?

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Maybe i am wrong,but i just don't see 'sport' throwing up the likes of Harry,Bill Mclaren and others any more,i think that they were more than just comentators most grew in an era of hardship and that i felt would often come through in what they said. They often kept it simple and let the picture tell the story,they also carried what i consider was an air of manners and decency (something which many lack to day) i am sure many here would have loved to have had the chance to share a pint and chat about life and sport they seemed those type of guys. Thanks Harry.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

One of the best lines ever:

"He's HURT Tyson. Go on Frank get in there!"

Probably my favourite line of all time!

 

[User removed 4]

Maybe i am wrong,but i just don't see 'sport' throwing up the likes of Harry,Bill Mclaren and others any more,i think that they were more than just comentators most grew in an era of hardship and that i felt would often come through in what they said. They often kept it simple and let the picture tell the story,they also carried what i consider was an air of manners and decency (something which many lack to day) i am sure many here would have loved to have had the chance to share a pint and chat about life and sport they seemed those type of guys. Thanks Harry.

Very true.

 

[bhaexpress]

Arguably the best sporting comentator ever. I'm no boxing fan but he always held my interest. very sad.

 

[1234andcounting]

Maybe i am wrong,but i just don't see 'sport' throwing up the likes of Harry,Bill Mclaren and others any more,i think that they were more than just comentators most grew in an era of hardship and that i felt would often come through in what they said. They often kept it simple and let the picture tell the story,they also carried what i consider was an air of manners and decency (something which many lack to day) i am sure many here would have loved to have had the chance to share a pint and chat about life and sport they seemed those type of guys. Thanks Harry.

Absolutely spot on. They were of a generation that didn't talk up the event beforehand, but commentated on it as it happened. If it turned out to be exciting or a one-off (eg the rumble in the jungle) they still had somewhere to go with the reporting. Harry was the master of that.

 

[seagullwedgee]

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