Tributes have been paid after veteran ITV Central sports presenter Bob Hall died after a career spanning more than 40 years in regional television. An immensely private person despite a career in media, Hall is understood to have been aged in his mid 70s.He was recruited by Gary Newbon as part of Central's sports team in 1981 after covering rugby league for the Yorkshire and Granada stations. After becoming a casualty of a 2004 shake-up, Bob returned to freelance reporting and was a regular contributor to Sky Sports' popular Soccer Saturday programme, hosted by Jeff Stelling. Bob Hall, who has died in his 70s, was a mainstay of ITV Central since 1981 and also appeared on Sky's Soccer SaturdayGary Newbon said: 'It's a huge shock, we're all stunned.
As a presenter, Bob was a really solid, safe pair of hands, very professional, a good presenter. He never let you down. He was a good operator and a good professional.'Bob Warman described Hall as 'one of the best'. He added: 'I remember Bob with great fondness.
He was truly a very, very fine broadcaster. He was a tremendous ad-libber. He could fill space and time and get you out of any tricky situation. His memory was fantastic.'He was terrific. His detail, memory and recall used to astonish me..
He was a wonderful man to have on your side. You could always rely on Bob.'Hall is believed to have been twice married and had three children. Colleagues from ITV Central have paid tribute to veteran TV presenter Bob Hall (left) who has sadly diedIn 2015, he was named among a list of recruits for a bold, Birmingham broadcasting venture - the city's first TV station, Big Centre TV, co-owned by former ATV presenter Mike Prince. It ceased broadcasting a year later and re-emerged as satellite show 'Made In Birmingham'.Bob was also the man in the chair during sell-out Q&A shows with Wolves hero Steve Bull. On Twitter, Black Country Radio posted its own tribute: 'We're sad to hear the news that veteran ITV Central presenter, Bob Hall has passed away.
Bob presented our 'Ask The Leader' events for Dudley Metropolitan Council before the Covid pandemic and was a brilliant broadcaster and lovely man. He'll be missed.'Among the flood of social media messages, Wbarenno posted: 'Sad news.
One of my first memories of football would be Bob Hall, Gary Newbon and Jimmy Greaves hosting Central Soccer. Live games, every Midland teams from the first division would be on it before Sky ate everything up. RIP Bob Hall.'ATVland said: 'Sad news has reached us here on the passing of the fantastic ex ITV Central sports reporter Bob Hall.
A wonderful person who also gave us his time for our documentary about ATV Today. Will be much missed.'Thomas Newton said: 'Sad news if you're of a certain age! Former Central television sports presenter and, up until this season, a match reporter on Gillette Soccer Saturday, Bob Hall has sadly passed away.' Breakfast presenter Bob Hall worked in television for decades and was described as a 'tremendous broadcaster'Sally Hall typed: 'Such terribly sad news.
Rest In Peace, legendary Midlands sports presenter Bob Hall.' Actor and director David Alacey worked with Bob and 라이브카지노 has posted a poignant facebook message. He said: 'Really sad to hear that we have lost another of our dear friends - the superb broadcaster Robert Hall. 'We first met Bob many years ago while he was presenting evenings at The Premier Lounge in Cannock for Scott Murray.
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'He was a true gentleman in every sense of the word. Of course, his vast experience in broadcasting gave him an extensive knowledge of so many areas, particularly football, as he had spent many years as a Sports reporter for ITV and more recently Sky Sports.'He would happily regale anecdotes about his famous friends such as Ron Atkinson and Alex Ferguson.'His experience wasn't limited to sport, though, as he had served as popular presenter of the classic BBC Series Pebble Mill and so knew many legends from the world of showbiz.'In 2008 I promoted my legendary friend Buddy Greco at Star City Casino, Birmingham, and knowing that I needed to sell quite a few tickets to make it work financially, without me even asking, Bob arranged for ITV News to cover the story and interview Buddy prior to the performance - that's class!'Being old school and extremely polite, Bob would often use the term "Sir", as in, "how are you, Sir?" - when, of course, he really did have the gravitas to be called Sir! 'So I say - Thanks for the memories Bob, I really will miss you, Sir!'
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