Jean Raynal

Jean Raynal (18 August 1929^[1] – January 2015)^[2] was a French sports journalist, who worked for Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française and TF1. He commentated on football, rugby, basketball, and the Olympic Games. He was nicknamed Monsieur Basket (Mr Basketball).

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Jean Raynal
Jean Raynal commentating in 1970
Born	(1929-08-18)18 August 1929 Massiac, Cantal, France
Died	January 2015 (aged 85)
Career
Show	Téléfoot
Network	Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française TF1
Country	France

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Raynal began his work as a radio presenter in 1957.^[3] In 1968, Raynal became a television presenter on Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française,^[2] and was one of the first five members of the organisation's committee on objective journalism.^[4] From 1975 to 1988, Raynal worked for TF1.^[2]

Raynal commentated at five FIFA World Cups;^[3] he commentated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup alongside Pierre Cangioni.^[2] Between 1983 and 1984, Raynal presented one season of TF1's football programme Téléfoot.^[5]^[6] Aside from football, Raynal covered basketball in the 1970s and 1980s.^[3] Raynal was nicknamed "Monsieur Basket" (Mr Basketball),^[2]^[6] and in 1980, he wrote the book La Fabuleuse histoire du basket (The fabulous history of basketball).^[2]^[1] Raynal also covered 26 French Open tennis championships,^[2] and six Olympic Games.^[3] He commentated with Raoul Barrière at the 1978–79 French Rugby Union Championship final, where Narbonne beat Stade Bagnérais.^[7] Fellow sports journalist Didier Roustan said that Raynal was his inspiration.^[8]

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