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Jim Rodger (journalist)
James Malcolm Rodger Order of the British Empire, OBE (13 March 1922 – 2 January 1997) also known as Jim Rodger, Scoop and the Jolly, was a renowned Scottish sports journalist awarded the OBE in 1989 for his services to journalism and work for charity. Rodger was born and lived his whole life in the town of Shotts in North Lanarkshire. He began his working life as a Coal mining, coalminer, and following an injury found himself in a Lanarkshire rehabilitation centre with Jock Stein, who had also injured himself in the pits. Forced to give up mining, he found his way into newspapers and his fifty year career saw him write for the Wishaw Press(1944), Glasgow Evening News(abt 1948), Daily Record (Scotland), Daily Record(1954), Daily Express(1965), and finally the Daily Mirror(1974) where he worked until his retirement in 1984. He continued to write freelance for the Mirror right up until his death in 1997. Mirror editor Piers Morgan hailed him as one of the outstanding journalists of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom#Modern honours, knight if male or a dame (title), dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with the order, but are not members of it. The order was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V, who created the order to recognise 'such persons, male or female, as may have rendered or shall hereafter render important services to Our Empire'. Equal recognition was to be given for services rendered in the UK and overseas. Today, the majority of recipients are UK citizens, though a number of Commonwealth realms outside the UK continue to make appointments to the order. Honorary awards may be made to cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
