Les Murray (broadcaster)
| Les Murray | |
|---|---|
.jpg) |
|
| Born |
László Ürge 5 November 1945 Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian, Australian |
| Occupation | Broadcaster, sports journalist and analyst |
Les James Murray AM (born László Ürge, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈlaːsloː ˈyrɡɛ]; Budapest, Hungary, 5 November 1945) is an Australian sports journalist, soccer broadcaster and analyst. He was the host of The World Game on SBS television, retiring in July 2014, and has been inducted into the FFA's Football Hall of Fame.
As the country's most prominent TV presenter of soccer, Murray has played a major role in the sport's growing popularity in Australia since the 1980s. Murray coined the phrase "the world game", which later became the title of SBS's football programme.
Murray was born as László Ürge in a small village on the outskirts of Budapest,Hungary, the son of József and Erzsébet Ürge. The family immigrated to Australia in 1957 under the Hungarian Refugee Assisted Scheme. They resided at Wollongong, New South Wales after some time at Bonegilla Migrant Camp near Wodonga. He was educated at Berkeley High School (now Illawarra Sports High School). He decided to anglicise his name because Ürge was difficult for Australians to pronounce and prone to taunts; the name Murray was suggested by his father as "Muray" is also Hungarian for "of the Mura River".
His passion for soccer, in which he had been interested from an early age, was sparked after watching a replay of the 1960 European Cup Final.
...
Wikipedia