Billy Pinnell (aka ''"The Traveller"'') (?-1977) was the sports editor of the ''

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'' from the first day of publication in April 1932 until his retirement 34 years later on 31 December 1956.

Career

During his

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he covered over 1,500

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and Rovers football matches. As over 600 of them were away from home, he lived up to his pen name of "The Traveller." He started with the '' Bristol Times and Mirror'' in 1919 later moving to the old '' Times and Ech'' o, before the inception of the '' Evening Post''. Billy Pinnell's record of service to local soccer began in 1909 when he first became a member of the Gloucestershire Football Association Council. In 1959 he was awarded his most prized possession, the Football Association Medal for his 50 years' work for the GFA, of which he was a life vice-president. As a sportsman himself, Billy played football and

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. In his younger days he was a keen

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. He later served on many sporting committees. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinnell, Billy 1977 deaths Year of birth missing English newspaper editors English male journalists